US and Chinese Space Agencies Exchange Onformation About their Mars Missions

This photo, released by the US space agency NASA, is of a US spacecraft landing on Mars, March 18, 2021.

Web Desk: At a time when US and Chinese spacecraft are heading to Mars.There have been some unusual contacts between the two rival space missions in the first three months of this year.

Chinese Space Agency 

The Chinese space agency confirmed on Wednesday that it had held working-level meetings and contacts with the US space agency NASA between January and March this year.In which the space agencies of the two rival countries talked about the "flight protection" of their respective spacecraft.

According to the Associated Press, US law prohibits any contact between NASA and China due to fears of technology theft and the secretive and military nature of China's space program.

However, NASA Acting Administrator Steve Georgic said in a video meeting last week that if NASA confirms to Congress that all arrangements for the protection and preservation of information have been ensured, an exception should be made.

NASA

NASA's interim administrator said the latest contacts with China exchanged limited information about Chinese spacecraft orbiting Mars or other data, to avoid a possible collision or accident.Georges said NASA had a very targeted exchange of information with China's space program.

This was first reported by a website called Space News.

According to the AP report, the acting administrator of NASA said that it is now up to the Biden administration and Congress to determine in the context of the overall US strategy regarding China.Whether there is a non-alignment between the US and China.How and to what extent information about military space activities is exchanged.

He said that while the US administration and Congress were formulating their policies.NASA was examining how it could play a role in space cooperation and dialogue with China.

The traffic in the orbit of Mars has increased a bit at the moment, as the space missions of the United States.China and the United Arab Emirates have reached the orbit of Mars.

China's TN One Spacecraft

The Severens rover landed on Mars in February on a NASA spacecraft and has begun research there.China's TN One spacecraft is orbiting Mars and is preparing to land in May or June this year.The UAE spacecraft is only orbiting Mars but will not land.