China, Russia welcome international partners in moon station cooperation – MENAFN.COM

China, Russia welcome international partners in moon station cooperation – MENAFN.COM

Nanjing, April 24 (IANS) China and Russia's aerospace authorities have invited all interested countries, international organisations and partners to cooperate in a moon station project. The announcement was made by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos at a conference for the international moon station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province on Friday. CNSA Deputy Director Wu Yanhua said that China and Russia will build the moon station with other international partners. The station will be another important contribution by China and Russia to promote the long-term and sustainable development of United Nations (UN) outer space activities, the Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The CNSA and Roscosmos will promote extensive cooperation in the station for the development of human space science and technology and socio-economic progress, Wu added. In a joint statement issued at the conference, the CNSA and Roscosmos said that the moon station will be open to all interested countries, international organisations and partners in terms of planning, design, research, development, implementation and operation at all stages and levels of the project. The conference was a sideline event of the 58th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on