Russia and India have agreed to jointly explore the moon, according to an agreement signed in Moscow Monday.
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) and the Indian Space Research Organization signed the agreement on the sidelines of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Moscow.
Details of the agreement were still unavailable but early reports said India would take part in Russia's second lunar mission under the Moon-Globe program scheduled for 2011.
"At the talks in India's Hyderabad, which were held on the sidelines of the 58th International Astronautic Congress, we have decided with the Indian partners all technical matters of this mission," Itar-Tass news agency quoted Georgy Polishchuk, director-general of the Lavochkin Research and Production Association, as saying.
India is expected to supply a rocket and a flight module and Russia is to secure the development and production of the landing module of a moon-rover and a scientific complex, Itar-Tass said.
Lavochkin, which was created 70 years ago, specializes in the production and use of unmanned spacecraft to explore outer space.
Source:Xinhua
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