20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
... and Zhang Keqiang, head of the China National Space Administration were on hand to sign the cooperation documents in Russia on Tuesday. Russia’s Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft is a planned lunar polar orbiter that would also function as a telecomm relay...
07 August 2017
Russia and China set to sign Moon exploration deal this autumn
...developing economy. Andrei Ionin, a member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics said that in light of western sanctions imposed on Russia, that the country needs to look more actively for international partners to develop space projects with. Along...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
...Agency news website. To counter Musk’s pricing strategy, Russia will slash the price of its space launch services ... exploration program, the US space agency has relied on Russia to transport its astronauts to the International Space Station; seats...
14 October 2020
NASA signs up nations for its Artemis Accords, while Russia shuns Gateway plans
...that the ISS was a “truly international project.” Russia’s lack of involvement in the Gateway could see the... at least two transportation systems," he said. Nonetheless, Russia supported "standardisation of interfaces" that could allow Russian craft ...
30 September 2021
China, Russia to present lunar station declaration at IAC in Dubai
...release runs. Roscosmos said the declaration would build up from the memorandum of understanding between the governments of Russia and China on the issue of creating a lunar station. The declaration will "outline common approaches to implementing the...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... countries and the European Space Agency (ESA). Russia launched Europe’s INTEGRAL observatory in exchange for observing...he was included for supporting the re-incorporation of Crimea into Russia - as did most Russian politicians - but analysts believe ...
