DLR executive board chairman Johann-Dietrich Worner (front left), Keiji Tachikawa, president of the JAXA (front right), DLR executive board member for space research and technology Hansjorg Dittus (rear left), and Yuichi Yamaura, associate executive director for space exploration JAXA, signing memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the Hayabusa 2 mission. Signing took placce on 1 October 2012 in Naples (Italy), during International Astronautical Congress.