Hefei, July 1 -- With an aim to empower other developing countries in developing deep-space technologies, China will launch the International Deep Space Exploration Association (IDSEA) on July 7.
Located in Hefei, Anhui Province, the association will be the nation's first international academic organization in the aerospace domain, capitalizing on the growing global interest in China's lunar and Mars missions.
The IDSEA will focus on deep-space study, which includes probes into the moon, other planets and asteroids, and promote international cooperation, according to the Hefei-based Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, one of the association's five initiators.
Wang Zhongmin, director of the lab's international cooperation center, said the ...