South Africa joins China’s moon base project

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HELSINKI — South Africa has formally joined the China-led ILRS project to establish a permanent moon base. Chinese Ambassador to South Africa, Chen Xiaodong, on behalf of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), and Humbulani Mudau, CEO of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), signed Sept. 1 the Memorandum of Understanding between CNSA and SANSA on the International Lunar Research Station Cooperation (ILRS). CNSA announced the signing on its webpages Sept. 7. It follows bilateral agreements on official space cooperation penned Aug. 22 during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to South Africa, which also hosted the 2023 BRICS...