Sao Paulo - Brazil has resumed talks with Nasa over its supply of parts for the International Space Station project, Brazilian authorities said.
The Brazilian Space Agency presented a proposal to Nasa via teleconference on Friday to "simplify the equipment under Brazil's responsibility", the agency said in a statement.
The country has been in charge of producing parts for the station, but recently ran into difficulties because of budget restraints.
The terms of Brazil's cooperation will be finalised and announced in a meeting in the United States, the agency said. No date has yet been set.
The list of equipment Brazil must produce for the station has been revised several times since the country entered the project in 1997.
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Friday's talks were the first since Brazil's first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, went to the international space station aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on March 29.
Brazil's space programme has suffered setbacks since 2003 when a rocket and launching pad exploded during an attempt to launch a satellite, killing 21 engineers and technicians. - Sapa-AP
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