Russia built manned spacecraft on the moon

According to Xinhua, Russia is starting to build a manned spacecraft to the Moon with the first tests scheduled to take place in 2015.

Gennady Raikunov, head of the Russian Central Research Institute on machinery technology, said: "The work has begun. Unmanned trials are expected to be held in 2015 and the first task. manned is expected to take place in 2018 ".

He added that spaceships are designed to take off and land from the moon, and they will work as space tugs and service modules for other space vehicles. .

Currently, the Russian Federal Space Agency has planned to create a new transport system to carry manned flights to the Moon to serve vehicles in space. And according to Mr. Raikunov, Russia's International Space Station (ISS) will continue to operate after 2020, depending on the progress of this program.

According to Raikunov, this is the necessary work to determine the main direction of developing manned flights to the Moon and including the creation of facilities on its surface.

Last week, Victor Khartov, head of Lavochkin Science and Production, said Russia had to return to the moon in 2015 in a Soviet style, to prove to everyone the Soviet Union could do. that.