Russia and China are deepening their cooperation in aerospace, making plans to develop a lunar base by 2035 that also will be open for international cooperation.

The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) being developed by Russia’s Roscosmos space agency and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) parallels the U.S.-led Artemis international initiative to return humans to deep space for the first time since the 1969-72 Apollo program.

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