Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. 24/7 Space News .




SPACE TRAVEL
Russia, US to Jointly Prepare Mars, Moon Flight Road Map
by Staff Writers
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 31, 2015


File image.

Russia and the United States will work together on a roadmap to send humans to Mars and the Moon, according to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and its US counterpart NASA will jointly hammer out a "road map" program on flights to Mars and the Moon, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said on Saturday.

Bolden, who is currently on a tour of Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, added that he had discussed joint efforts to send missions to the Red Planet with Roscosmos head Igor Komarov, including time frames and funding.

"Our area of cooperation will be Mars. We are discussing how best to use the resources, the finance, we are setting time frames and distributing efforts in order to avoid duplication," Bolden said.

The NASA chief also pledged to put US astronauts back on the Moon, saying that his country never abandoned its hope of a comeback.

Bolden added that in the future, NASA is planning "to attract more private developers to our joint exploration projects of the Moon and Mars," as well as initiate an ambitious program to harvest minerals from an asteroid.

NASA announced the extension of cooperation with its International Space Station partners, including Russia, for another nine years in February.

The US-Russia cooperation on the development of the international Space Station is under way despite the fact that NASA halted the majority of its joint activities with Russia over the Ukraine crisis in April 2014.

The last US mission to the Moon was Apollo 17; its astronauts returned to Earth from its closest neighbor on December 19, 1972.

Source: Sputnik News


Thanks for being here;
We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor
$5 Billed Once


credit card or paypal
SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5 Billed Monthly


paypal only


.


Related Links
Roscosmos
Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle




Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News





SPACE TRAVEL
Russia to Consider Training First Guatemalan Cosmonaut
Guatemala City, Guatemala (Sputnik) Mar 30, 2015
Moscow will consider a request for a Guatemalan cosmonaut to be trained in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. "We have received a request to consider whether a Guatemalan cosmonaut could be sent to a training center in Russia. Of course, we will consider this request," Lavrov said at a joint press conference with his Guatemalan counterpart Carlos Morales. T ... read more


SPACE TRAVEL
Extent of Moon's giant volcanic eruption is revealed

Yutu Changes Everything We Thought We Knew About Our Moon

Extent of moon's giant volcanic eruption is revealed

NASA's LRO Spacecraft Finds March 17, 2013 Impact Crater and More

SPACE TRAVEL
Ancient Martian lake system records 2 water-related events

Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically Useful Nitrogen on Mars

NASA Reformats Memory of Longest-Running Mars Rover

NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Passes Marathon Distance

SPACE TRAVEL
Feud on Earth but peace in space for US and Russia

Russia Plans to Boost Space Tourism at Orbital Outpost

A Year in Space

Russia to Consider Training First Guatemalan Cosmonaut

SPACE TRAVEL
China completes second test on new carrier rocket's power system

China's Yutu rover reveals Moon's "complex" geological history

China's Space Laboratory Still Cloaked

China has ability but no plan for manned lunar mission: expert

SPACE TRAVEL
Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS for year-long mission

Russia announces plan to build new space station with NASA

One-Year Crew Set for Launch to Space Station

Russia, US May Sign New Deal to Send Astronauts to ISS

SPACE TRAVEL
Russia Launches Satan Missile With S Korean Kompsat 3A Satellite

United Launch Alliance Launches Second Mission in Less than Two Weeks

UAE Moves to Purchase Russian Spacecraft Launch Platform

Soyuz Installed at Baikonur, Expected to Launch Wednesday

SPACE TRAVEL
Planets in the habitable zone around most stars, calculate researchers

Our Solar System May Have Once Harbored Super-Earths

SOFIA Finds Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation

ESA's CHEOPS Satellite: The Pharaoh of Exoplanet Hunting

SPACE TRAVEL
Cluster satellite catches up

Scuttling satellites to save space

Japan military eyes recruits with cutesy smartphone game

USMC orders targeting system from Elbit Systems America




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.