This announcement comes as Russia prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of Yuris Night the beginning of human spaceflight.
Roscosmos originated in 1991 from the dissolved soviet space program.
In 1971, the USSR launched Salyut 1, the first space station, into orbit around Earth.
Credit: CNSA
On February 10,the Tianwen-1 spacecraft arrived at Mars.
This was the first time in 40 years this has been accomplished.
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Why a Lunar Station?
A lunar station could provide many benefits to the world space agencies and the people of those nations.
Here are some of the video images they took while rounding the Moon in April 1970.
The ISS offers an existence proof of the feasibility of sustained human occupation and operations in space over decades.
Its not the first time the two countries have collaborated on space missions.
Moscow and Beijing are also working together on several other lunar and deep space exploration projects.
The initial effort will, likely, come from a government-funded programs.
A look at NASAs own plans for permanent human habitation of The Moon, narrated by William Shatner.
ASA is planning to return humans to the Moon with theArtemis program, a mission currently scheduled for 2024.
Currently the United States spends just one-half of one percent of the Federal budget on science.
Roscosmos is funded annually to the tune of around $2.8 billion.
China and Russia estimate a lunar base would cost approximately $2 billion per year to maintain.
Of that cost, roughly half would be transportation costs, with the remainder funding payloads and operations.
Once the initial station is underway, additional funding from international and private partners is anticipated.
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