29 August 2017
China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the Moon. The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep-space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth remote sensing, and space debris research. "China's and Russia's respective cooperation with some Western countries in aerospace sometimes is hindered by trust issue as aeronautic and space developments are closely related to military fields," Wang Ya'nan, Deputy Editor of Aerospace Knowledge magazine, told the Global Times on 29 August.
The joint space exploration between China and Russia would be easier as the two shared deeper mutual trust, Wang noted
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