Will The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) be Our First Home on the Moon? - The Cosmic Companion April 2, 2021
China and Russia have agreed to work together toward permanent human colonies on, and around, the Moon.
The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a new project being developed by Russia and China, could be humanity’s first permanent home on the Moon.
By Chukwuemeka Aloysius Anigbogu and James Maynard
The Russian space agency Roscosmos and China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) recently agreed to establish lunar outposts on, and in orbit around, the Moon. This announcement comes as Russia prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of Yuri’s Night — the beginning of human spaceflight.
Roscosmos originated in 1991 from the dissolved soviet space program. The Soviet space agency accomplished a number of firsts, including launching the first satellite, as well as the first man, and woman, into space. In 1971, the USSR launched Salyut 1, the first space station, into orbit around Earth. The Soviet Union also played critical roles in the development of the International Space Station as that outpost morphed from Ronald Reagan’s original vision of an all-American space station Freedom.
Next week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion:
A look forward to Yuri’s Night - the 60th anniversary of human spaceflight, and the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle!
We will talk with Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, three-time Shuttle astronaut, and the first American woman to walk in space!
AND - We’ll be giving away a set of authentic Soviet stamps from 1991, honoring the flight of Yuri Gagarin!
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