WASHINGTON – The space agencies of the United States and China are coordinating efforts on moon exploration, NASA said Friday as it navigates a strict legal…
WASHINGTON – The space agencies of the United States and China are coordinating efforts on moon exploration, NASA said Friday as it navigates a strict legal framework aimed at preventing technology transfer to China.
“With the required approval from Congress, NASA has been in discussions with China to explore the possibility of observing a signature of the landing plume of their lunar lander, Chang’e 4, using our @NASAMoon spacecraft’s instrument,” NASA’s associate administrator for the science mission directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, said on Twitter.
Zurbuchen’s tweet confirmed a similar statement made Monday by the deputy chief commander of the China Lunar Exploration Program, Wu Yanhua.
NASA shared information from a U. S. satellite, while China told the Americans about the latitude, longitude and time of the landing “in a timely manner,” he said.
