Wu Yanhua, the chief designer of China’s deep space exploration project, led a delegation to the Russian launch site in Vostochny, in Russia’s Far East, to witness the launch of Luna-25 on Aug. 11, which will land a rover on the Moon’s South Pole, the area where China and Russia will build their lunar research station. He congratulated Russia on its first lunar mission in nearly 50 years, and exchanged views on jointly deepening bilateral cooperation on deep space exploration. Luna-25 is expected to make a soft landing on Aug. 21.
Yury Borisov, the director general of Roscosmos, warmly welcomed the delegation and introduced the development process, launch preparations and exploration tasks for Luna-25, as well as subsequent plans for the lunar exploration project. Wu also shared the latest updates about the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) that China and Russia are jointly working on, along with news about China’s deep space exploration laboratory.
