Russia plans first test flight of new spacecraft in 2023
>MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The first test launch of Russia's new generation Oryol (Eagle) spacecraft is slated for August or September 2023, head of the state space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said Monday.
>The spaceship will be sent into space using the heavy-lift Angara-A5 carrier rocket, Rogozin said at a press conference at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far Eastern region of Amur.
>The development of the Oryol spacecraft, formerly named Federatsiya (Federation), has been ongoing for 10 years.
>Russia plans to test the Oryol spacecraft, including crewed flights to the International Space Station, before landing astronauts on the moon using the vehicle.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/16/c_138635961.htm
SpaceX, NASA, China and now Russia are going to the Moon. We are living a renaissance of space exploration and is great.
>MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The first test launch of Russia's new generation Oryol (Eagle) spacecraft is slated for August or September 2023, head of the state space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said Monday.
>The spaceship will be sent into space using the heavy-lift Angara-A5 carrier rocket, Rogozin said at a press conference at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far Eastern region of Amur.
>The development of the Oryol spacecraft, formerly named Federatsiya (Federation), has been ongoing for 10 years.
>Russia plans to test the Oryol spacecraft, including crewed flights to the International Space Station, before landing astronauts on the moon using the vehicle.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/16/c_138635961.htm
SpaceX, NASA, China and now Russia are going to the Moon. We are living a renaissance of space exploration and is great.
