On October 6, 1992, the United States and Russia signed an agreement on human spaceflight that called for joint missions to Russia's Mir space station, according to Space. The outlet noted the anniversary as part of its "On this day in space" series.
Space reports that the deal, signed on that date, covered cooperative crewed flights to Mir. The station was a Russian orbital outpost, and the agreement paved the way for American astronauts to take part in missions there.
The arrangement came less than a year after the Soviet Union dissolved in late 1991, leaving Russia as its principal successor state. Space's account places the signing within the broader shift in US-Russian relations that followed the end of the Cold War, when the two countries moved from competition in space toward cooperation.
Space did not provide further details in the summary of the item, including the officials who signed the agreement or the specific missions it covered. The outlet presented the anniversary as a historical marker rather than a new development.
The joint missions that followed the agreement are a matter of record in spaceflight history, and Space's "On this day" feature is one of several retrospectives the publication runs on notable dates. Readers interested in the period can look to Space's ongoing series for further entries on milestones in human spaceflight.
What to watch next: whether Space publishes additional "On this day" items covering the Mir missions that resulted from the 1992 agreement.
