Russia and China tag-team together to safely make it back to the Moon
Russia and China will work in harmony to safely make it back to the Moon.
Space agency across the world have decided its time that humans go back to Moon, not only are NASA planning lunar missions but so are Russia and China.
For those that didn't know, Russia was the first country to achieve a successful soft landing onto the Moon's surface, that was back in 1966. China within the last decade also managed to achieve a soft landing and now both Russia and China have agreed to work together for future lunar missions.
China's Chang'e 5 will be launching next year and it is designed to be China's first sample-return mission. After Chang'e 5, Chang'e 6 will fetch a sample from the lunar south pole in 2023, Chang'e 7 will do a more in-depth exploration in that area. Russia on the other hand is on a different schedule, according to Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos Space Agency, Russia plans involve a 2024 orbiter, a 2028 sample-return mission and human flights sometime in 2029 - 2030.
On September 17th, Rogozin and Chinese space head Zhang Kejian agreed to work together and build a shared data centers with outposts located in each country.

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