Russia & China May Join Forces to Explore Moon & Mars
Russia, China May Join Forces to Explore Moon, Mars
Created: 31.10.2005 18:08 MSK (GMT +3),
MosNews
Russia and China are considering jointly creating spacecraft to explore Mars and the Moon, a senior official of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roskosmos was quoted by RIA Novosti Monday.
Roskosmos deputy head Yury Nosenko said Russia proposed both countries developing a small satellite to orbit Mars and that the 2008-2009 Mars exploration program proposed launching one or two light satellites into Mars’ orbit to transmit data to earth.
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