20 June 2017 - updated: 22 June 2017
The Chinese authorities have invited the Russian Space Agency Roskosmos to take part in a project for the construction of the planned Chinese space station, however, Russia has not made a decision over this issue yet. This statement was made on 19 June by the Head of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Igor Komarov. “They made an offer, we are exchanging proposals on the participation in projects, but they have different inclination, different orbit and the plans that differ a bit from ours. At the moment, there are agreements and plans for the future, we do not have anything concrete,” Mr. Komarov told reporters at the Le Bourget Airshow 2017 in France.
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