Name: China, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station
Uploaded: 2021-03-11T17:40:07+00:00
Duration: 1 min 18 s
Description: China and Russia have announced plans to work together to construct a lunar research station, an ambitious first-ever such space project between the two countries. Russia's Roscosmos and China's Natio

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China and Russia have announced plans to work together to construct a lunar research station, an ambitious first-ever such space project between the two countries.

Russia's Roscosmos and China's National Space Administration – the two countries' respective equivalents of NASA – announced a preliminary agreement on Tuesday to jointly develop the research facility, known as the International Lunar Research Station, or ILRS.

The heads of the two space agencies signed a memorandum of understanding in a ceremony conducted via teleconference.

The proposed station, which once complete would be open to use by other countries, "is a comprehensive scientific experiment base with the capability of long-term autonomous operation," according to a statement released by China's space agency.

The station will be "built on the lunar surface and/or on the lunar orbit," the statement said, and will carry out activities such as "lunar exploration and utilization, lunar-based observation, basic scientific experiment and technical verification."

Source: https://www.livescience.com/china-russia-moon-mission.html

Source: https://www.space.com/russia-china-moon-research-station-agreement

Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975579975/china-russia-announce-plan-to-build-moon-research-station?ft=nprml&f=

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