Qian Xuesen Lab & PSI To Cooperate On Space Exploration

The Qian Xuesen Lab of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has signed an agreement with the Planetary Science Institute.

AsianScientist (Dec.31, 2015) – The Planetary Science Institute (PSI), based in Arizona, has signed a cooperation agreement with Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology (Qian Xuesen Lab) to advance their mutual interests in facilitating the open-ended expansion of the exploration of the solar system.

The two space exploration organizations plan to use the knowledge gained from the initiative to support the expansion of human activity beyond the Earth. Both institutions also wish to advance their common interest in communicating to the public the knowledge and benefits gained through robotic and human exploration of the solar system.

The Lab is named after Qian Xuesen, a founder of the Cal Tech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Qian Xuesen Lab is a part of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which has been involved in China’s Chang’E missions to the Moon and China’s human space program.

PSI CEO and Director Mark V. Sykes signed the agreement along with Chen Hong, Director of Qian Xuesen Lab.

“China is the first country since 1976 to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon. They have mapped the surface of the Moon and executed a brilliant flyby of the near-Earth asteroid Toutatis,” said Sykes. “We look forward to working with them.”

While in Beijing, Sykes and senior scientist Li Jian-Yang gave presentations at a special workshop about PSI, its current involvement in both NASA and ESA missions, PSI’s education and public outreach activities, and the frontier of the science and utilization of near-Earth objects.

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Source: Planetary Science Institute.
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