Stefan Schlechtriem, Director of the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion (left). Stefan Gardefjord, CEO of SSC (right)


The MOU was signed by Stefan Schlechtriem, Director of the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion (left) and Stefan Gardefjord, CEO of SSC (right), at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC).

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