Sandhi Yudha
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The last years some countries are planning to build a space station which will orbit the Moon. Not only for scientific research, but also for operations on the Moon and even for planned interplanetary space flights beyond the Moon.
The Lunar Gateway or Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) is one of the two current programs in the planning. The Lunar Gateway will be a joint-development between CSA, ESA. JAXA and NASA.
The initial plan was that Roscosmos also participate in this program, but because the program was too U.S.-centric for Roscosmos to participate in, Roscosmos announced in January 2021 that it will leave the program.
The Lunar Orbital Station / Lunnaya Orbital'naya Stantsiya (LOS) is the planned Russian own project.
Yesterday on 16 June 2021, Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) held a joint session in St. Petersburg on the auspices of the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2021), dedicated to the presentation of the Roadmap for the creation of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS).
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So the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) is now the planned lunar base currently being developed by Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration.
The ILRS-program can be devided in four phases
1. (2021-2025) Preparation and initial development while gathering data and testing technologies using the .Chang'e and Luna spacecrafts.
2. (2026-2030) More development while using data gathered in the first phase.
3. (2031-2035) Actual construction and launches.
4. (2036~) Manned missions to the Moon.
The Lunar Gateway or Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) is one of the two current programs in the planning. The Lunar Gateway will be a joint-development between CSA, ESA. JAXA and NASA.
The initial plan was that Roscosmos also participate in this program, but because the program was too U.S.-centric for Roscosmos to participate in, Roscosmos announced in January 2021 that it will leave the program.
The Lunar Orbital Station / Lunnaya Orbital'naya Stantsiya (LOS) is the planned Russian own project.
Yesterday on 16 June 2021, Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) held a joint session in St. Petersburg on the auspices of the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2021), dedicated to the presentation of the Roadmap for the creation of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS).

News. Roscosmos and CNSA released the Roadmap for the creation of the International Lunar Research Station
On June 16th, 2021 in St. Petersburg, The Roscosmos State Space Corporation and China National Space Administration (CNSA) held a joint session on the auspices of the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2021), dedicated to the presentation of the Roadmap for the creation of the...
So the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) is now the planned lunar base currently being developed by Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration.
The ILRS-program can be devided in four phases
1. (2021-2025) Preparation and initial development while gathering data and testing technologies using the .Chang'e and Luna spacecrafts.
2. (2026-2030) More development while using data gathered in the first phase.
3. (2031-2035) Actual construction and launches.
4. (2036~) Manned missions to the Moon.
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