Russia and China present a roadmap for the creation of an international scientific station on the Moon (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

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June 16, 2021 11:24 GMT

The initiative was revealed at the Glex-2021 conference held in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

Russia and China presented at the Glex-2021 conference, which takes place in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, a roadmap for the establishment of an international scientific station on the Moon.

It is a complex of experimental facilities that will be installed on the surface and in the orbit of the Moon, aimed at developing multidisciplinary research work, which will include the study of technologies for unsupervised operation at long-term infrastructure with a view to achieving a long-term human presence on Earth’s natural satellite.

The project will be approached in two stages and will be completed before 2035, when its operation should begin, according to Sergei Savéliev, deputy director general of Roscosmos for international cooperation, and Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the giant’s National Space Administration. Asian. .

Between 2026 and 2030, there are plans to start joint operations between Russia and China, deliver samples of lunar soil and test command center technologies.

Subsequently, power systems, communications and equipment must be deployed and a full operation must be initiated.

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