FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta and French National Space Agency President Jean-Yves Le Gall have signed MOC to cooperate on research and development related to the safety of private sector orbital space launches and re-entry activities. Research-related, non-binding arrangement could pave the way for development of future arrangements between FAA and France related to regulation of suborbital reusable vehicles that can carry people and operation of launch sites known as spaceports.