Just days after Europe’s space agency ESA suspended cooperation with Russia on all Moon missions, Moscow turned to China in search of a partner. According to TASS, Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin is taking lunar proposals to China. “Before the end of May, I plan to hold detailed dialogue with our Chinese colleagues on our cooperation in this direction,” he told TASS.
This partnership will be in line with Roscosmos’ deal with the China National Space Administration signed between the two agencies in 2017, regarding a space cooperation program that was planned for 2018 to 2022. Under the deal, both agencies had agreed on subjects such as the study of the Moon and of deep space, space research and related technologies, satellites and their use, the component’s base and materials, interaction on data of Earth’s remote sensing and other issues.
