Space duo: Russia partners China to create joint lunar station

Moscow may team up with Beijing to create a scientific station on the Moon. The challenge for Russia is to build its own space station by 2024 to achieve its lunar exploration goals.

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who supervises defense-related policies, the question on "bringing China in as the main partner in creating a lunar scientific station," is currently being discussed with Roscosmos.
"We have told China of our plans about the possibility of creating a Russian national orbital station," Rogozin told reporters after a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang in China on Monday.

Rogozin said that both parties share "deep mutual understanding and mutual interests" in space-related projects.
China's Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said previously that Beijing plans to boost its cooperation with Russia in a number of areas, including space.