12 Nov 2014 10:27

Roscosmos: Russian, Chinese cosmonauts may exchange visits in orbit

ZHUHAI (China). Nov 12 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian cosmonauts may eventually visit the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 and their Chinese colleagues may come to the International Space Station (ISS), Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) chief Oleg Ostapenko said at Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai.

"As to possible manned space program projects, China has an interest in doing so and they have expressed their interest to us. That was confirmed at the negotiations we held earlier today," Ostapenko said.