Russia And China Outline Joint Lunar Station Road Map

Maxim Pyadushkin June 21, 2021
lunar base concept
China and Russia plan to collaborate to design, build and operate a base on the Moon, which also will be open to international partners.
Credit: Roscosmos
Russia and China are deepening their cooperation in aerospace, making plans to develop a lunar base by 2035 that also will be open for international cooperation. The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) being developed by Russia’s Roscosmos space agency and the China National Space...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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