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May 31, 2016

Russian Firm Develops Project of Reusable Spacecraft for Lunar Missions
Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2016
Russia's state company Energia has developed a project of reusable manned Ryvok spacecraft for delivery of cargo and cosmonauts to the Moon, the company's representative Yuri Makushenko said Wednesday. Energia was planning to start the construction of next-generation Federatsia (Federation) spacecraft this year. The spacecraft is considered capable to perform missions in the Moon. "Costs of the mission of reusable manned Ryvok spacecraft are by one third lower than the costs of the Federatsi ... read more

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