Space
| Updated: 06 Nov 2019
Space - It’s been announced that on the sidelines of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China, France has signed contracts worth € 13.6 billion euros, particularly in the field of space. Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of CNES (National Center for Space Studies) and member of the French delegation, explains that France will manufacture a device that will be shipped on the Chinese robot Chang'e 6, supposed to land on the Moon in 2023. Marking a new step in Franco-Chinese space collaboration. China last year, launched the most rockets, 39 in the year. China has become, outside Europe, the second space partner of France after the States -United.