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Zhang Kejian (R), head of China National Space Administration signs memorandum with ESA Director Josef Aschbacher (L), June 8, 2023. /China National Space Administration
China signed agreements with global space institutes to jointly explore space in the next lunar probe Chang'e-6 mission expected to launch in 2024.
The Chang'e-6 mission will carry science payloads developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) for the fundamental research on planetary science as well as lunar soil study, according to the agreement.
China National Space Administration signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with ESA and CNES last Thursday.
Zhang Kejian (L), head of China National Space Administration meets with Philippe Baptiste, chief of France's CNES. /China National Space Administration
The ESA developed payload for Chang'e-6 mission is a negative ion analyzer which is used to detect in-situ negative ions on the lunar surface.
France's payload is a radon detector, which measures radon and its decay products on the lunar surface to further improve the understanding about the physical properties of lunar soil.
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