20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
..., which could see each country contributing a payload to the others up and coming lunar missions, namely the Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft and Chang’e-7 polar landing mission respectively. The agreement would also see both space-faring...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... the numbering scheme of the old series, the programme includes the Luna-25 lander, the Luna-26 orbiter and the Luna-27 lander (also called Luna-Resurs). Luna-27 is focused on the discovery and characterisation of lunar resources including volatiles...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
...including cooperative work on the implementation of the CNSA’s "Chang'e 7" lunar polar exploration mission and Roscosmos’ Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft. The two space agencies also committed to previously announced plans to create a joint lunar and deep...
16 January 2019
China unveils future space plans
... ahead with joint aerospace projects “in accordance with China’s program for 2018-2022,” including Russia’s Luna-Resurs-1 (Luna-26) orbital spacecraft initiative. Meanwhile, China and the US have recently worked together on Chang’e 4. NASA’s mission...
