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Russia ready for negotiations with NASA on moon exploration projects

Published: 16 May 2020 - 02:57 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 08:01 am
FILE PHOTO: NASA employees look on as the Artemis launch tower rolls back from Pad 39B inside Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Dorian, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., A

FILE PHOTO: NASA employees look on as the Artemis launch tower rolls back from Pad 39B inside Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Dorian, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., A

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Moscow: Russia's Roscosmos is ready for negotiations with NASA on moon exploration projects and invited the leadership of the American organization to discuss the projects, but has not yet received a response, Kommersant reported.

At the same time, cooperation on lunar projects could "become a serious factor for the interaction of the two countries in difficult times," said Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director-General of Roscosmos for International Cooperation.

"Ambitious projects related to the exploration of the Moon could become a serious factor for the interaction of Russia and the US in this difficult time, he added.