- China and Russia have agreed to jointly send a probe
to Mars and its moon, Phobos, in 2009, China News Service reported today.
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- Russia will launch an explorer Phobos-Grunt carrying
a Chinese-made exploration device to conduct the task and take samples
of Phobos soil, according to a statement signed yesterday by Sun Laiyan,
chief of the China National Space Administration, and his Russian counterpart.
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- The agreement is a milestone of the two country's space
cooperation, the report said.
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- Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President
Vladimir Putin also signed a statement yesterday to expand economic and
humanitarian cooperation and to promote security ties to strengthen strategic
partnership.
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- http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200703/20070327/article_310519.htm
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