The United States intends to follow the plans of Russia and China to create a lunar station

"We will closely monitor this (the creation of the International Scientific Lunar Station. -

)," Hill quoted TASS as saying.

In March, Russia and China signed a memorandum of cooperation in the creation of an International Scientific Lunar Station.

Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin later rejected speculation that China and Russia had formed an "alliance against the West," agreeing to build a scientific lunar station together.