10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... designed to carry out multidisciplinary and multipurpose research work”. Activities conducted at the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) would also include exploration and utilisation, lunar-based observation, basic scientific experiment and...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... launch sometime around 2030 and has revealed plans to build a lunar settlement with Russia. Further details including schematics of the joint International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) were also unveiled at GLEX 2021 with officials stating that the...
30 September 2021
China, Russia to present lunar station declaration at IAC in Dubai
... regarding a future International Lunar Research Station at the International Astronautical Congress in ...exploration GLEX-2021 in June presented an ILRS road map. According to the proposed concept, the lunar station is to be finalized by 2035....
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... to launch their satellites and the nation needed to pivot. Artistic representation of China’s proposed International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). New millennium, new business models It has ultimately proven cumbersome for China to sell US$300...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... missions. Numerous initiatives - such as the NASA-led Artemis programme and the Russian-Chinese International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) project - have started to materialise. Under these programmes, space agencies seek to develop transportation...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
...missions in Orel have already taken place. This artwork for a design concept for the proposed International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) by Guo Linli includes Russia’s Luna 27 lander. The ambitious Roscosmos director, Dmitry Rogozin, followed in the...
