Russian space agency Roscosmos has signed an agreement with China's National Space Administration (CNSA) to develop a complex of experimental research facilities created on the surface and/or in the orbit of the Moon.
The CNSA, for its part, said that the project was open to all interested countries and international partners in what experts say would be China's biggest international space cooperation project to date.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Russia's first-ever manned space flight—a world first.
In the meantime, China has created a successful space program of its own. Last year, it launched its Tianwen-1 probe to Mars, which it is currently orbiting. And in December, it successfully brought rock and soil samples from the Moon back to Earth, the first mission of this type in over 40 years.
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter that he had invited CNSA chief Zhang Kejian to the launch of Russia's first modern lunar lander, Luna 25, scheduled for October 1.
Moscow and Washington are also collaborating in the space sector— one of the few areas of cooperation left between the two superpowers. However, Russia did not sign the US-led Artemis Accord last year— which was for countries that want to participate in a lunar exploration scheme spearheaded by NASA. (Source: SinoDaily.com, 9 March 2021, https://tinyurl.com/y7bqjpxs)
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