2009-Jul-01	MAIT Kick-off meeting in Lyon
2009-Mar-11/13	Successful Final Design Review (FDR) for MUSE at ESO
2007-Jul-17	Successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for MUSE at ESO
2006-Mar-10	Official release of technical specifications and statement of work, version 1.0, by ESO
2005-Dec-09	ESO council approved MUSE contract, including 225 GTO nights
2005-Jan-18/19	Kick-off meeting in Lyon