Korea will participate in the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s joint project to build eight science bases on the surface of the moon.

NASA said that it signed an agreement Tuesday with eight countries for its joint exploration project.

NASA said in a statement that it discussed the details of the space collaboration in a meeting last year in which it set principles for next-generation lunar exploration.

The project called the “International Lunar Network” will build between six and eight scientific bases on the surface of the moon.

NASA will set up two lunar modules in 2013 and 2014 as part of the endeavor.

The project was created after the National Research Council affirmed that the moon offers “profound scientific value” and “lunar activities apply to broad scientific and exploration concerns.”