Russia Says Next-Gen Spacecraft Design Ready

The next generation of Russian spacecraft will be ready for test flights by 2017, according to Energia President Vitaly Lopota. 'We have completed the technical design project taking into account the fact that the new spaceship is to fly to the Moon, among other places,' he said. Federal Space Agency Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin says the new ship would be built by 2018 and would be able to conduct missions to the International Space Station and the Moon.

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Re:Been there done that

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At least they're trying - NASA can't even make it to the ISS since the shuttle got decommisioned.