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CTOnews.com, October 22 (Xinhua) according to the National Space Administration, Pakistani Ambassador to China Moinhak and National Space Administration Director Zhang Kejian signed a Memorandum of understanding between the National Space Administration of China and the Pakistan Space and extra-Atmospheric Research Commission on Cooperation in the International Lunar Research Station on Wednesday, marking Pakistan's official accession to the International Lunar Research Station program.

According to reports, the two sides will carry out extensive and in-depth cooperation in the demonstration, project implementation, operation and application of the International Lunar Research Station and set up an expert working group. the areas of cooperation include joint demonstration of scientific objectives, joint design and development, scientific load loading, scientific and technological experiments, data sharing and analysis, education and training.

On the same day, the two sides also signed a memorandum of understanding between the National Space Administration of China and the Pakistan Space and extra-Atmospheric Research Committee on cooperation in space debris and space traffic management.

At present, China is speeding up the promotion of the large scientific project of the International Lunar Research Station, and plans to achieve a manned landing on the moon by 2030.

The International Lunar Research Station, led by China, took the lead in signing a memorandum of understanding with Russia in 2021 to cooperate in the construction of the International Lunar Research Station, followed by the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and other countries and institutions.

The International Lunar Research Station is a major engineering cooperation project, which will build scientific experimental facilities on the lunar surface and lunar orbit, and carry out multi-disciplinary and multi-objective scientific research activities. including lunar self-exploration and utilization, moon-based observation, basic scientific experiments and technical verification, long-term independent operation, long-term participation.

According to a report given by academician Wu Weiren, chief designer of the Chinese lunar exploration project and director of the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, the International Lunar Research Station will be implemented in three stages:

It is planned to build the basic model by 2028 and carry out experimental verification of lunar environmental exploration and resource utilization.

A perfect type will be built by 2040 to carry out sun-earth-moon space environment exploration and scientific experiments, and to build a magpie bridge integrated constellation to serve manned lunar landing and deep space exploration such as Mars and Venus.

After that, an applied lunar research station was built, which was gradually upgraded from a scientific research experimental station to a practical and multi-functional lunar base.

Referring to CTOnews.com 's previous report, Li Guoping, chief engineer of NASA, presented the fourth phase of China's lunar exploration project, deep space exploration / sampling return launch table, during the plenary session of the 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC). Next, China will gradually realize the following space exploration missions:

Magpie Bridge No.2 Relay Star launched in March 2024

Chang'e-6 was launched in 2024

Asteroid samples returned to Tianwen-2 launched in 2025

Chang'e 7 was launched in 2026.

Chang'e-8 was launched in 2028

Mars sampling Tianwen 3 was launched in 2028.

Jupiter probe Tianyan 4 was launched in 2030

China launches manned lunar landing in 2030

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