Sierra Nevada's Mark Sirangelo and Johann-Dietrich Woerner, then head of Germany's DLR, sign an April 2015 memorandum of understanding on Dream Chaser cooperation. Woerner now heads ESA, which is investing in Dream Chaser. Credit: SNC Corp.

PARIS — Sierra Nevada Corp.’s win of a NASA contract to ferry cargo to the International Space Station will trigger a $36 million investment by the 22-nation European Space Agency following a cooperation agreement to be signed in the coming weeks, ESA said.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris bureau chief for SpaceNews.