China's lunar probe to carry payloads from European, French space agencies

China's next lunar probe Chang'e-6 will carry payloads from the European and French space agencies, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp revealed on Tuesday.
The planned payloads are two scientific instruments for lunar surface research, the company said in a post on the Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo.

Such international cooperation came from two memorandums of understanding the China National Space Administration signed last week with the European Space Agency and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, the French space agency.