The Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China have agreed to cooperate in exploration of the moon and Mars in the years ahead.
The Russians will assist China with its lunar exploration program while the Chinese will participate with Russia in an unmanned soil sample return probe to the Mars moon Phobos beginning in 2009.
China will send the vehicle on its first orbit of the moon in 2007. Russia will join for an unmanned lunar mission to involve landing, taking photos and lunar sampling soil in 2010 . The two nations are also expected to cooperate in the placement of an ultraviolet observatory staellite into space by 20o8 with other cooperating nations.
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