Hi, Absolutely. NASA works fairly regularly with the European Space Agency (ESA). There have been US-built instruments on ESA missions and vice versa. Also it is somewhat common for NASA to provide the launch vehicle for an ESA mission. And, of course, there has been the ongoing collaboration between NASA and the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) regarding sending astronauts to and from the space station. Not to mention that there have been astronauts from many different countries and different portions of the station were built by different partners, including Canada (CSA), JAXA and ESA. I expect as more countries develop their space agencies and space activities/presence, there will be more international agreements and cooperation between them (including NASA). -Christina
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