Space & Astronomy
Russia to approve new Moon rocket
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T.K. RandallMarch 19, 2009 ·
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For the first time since 1964 the Russian space programme is making the Moon its main objective as Russian officials prepare to select the winning proposal for a new rocket that will take cosmonauts on missions there. The new rocket will undergo test flights as early as 2015, be capable of hauling loads three times heavier than Soyuz and twice the number of cosmonauts.
Russian space officials are to select the winning proposal for a new rocket intended to carry cosmonauts on missions to the Moon. This will mark the first time since 1964 that the Russian space programme has made the Moon its main objective. It will be only the second time since the collapse of the Soviet Union that Moscow has endorsed the development of a new space vehicle. "
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