The figure of the day: How much money will Russia spend on creating a ship to fly to the moon?

Roscosmos will allocate 8.1 billion rubles for the production of a serial ship for flights to the moon

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Roscosmos intends to allocate more in 2021eight billion rubles for the production of the serial manned spacecraft "Eagle". It is designed for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and the Moon.

Engaged in the production of the shipspace rocket corporation "Energy". Over the next two years, she needs to build two Eagles. One of them will become a full-size layout. It will be tested during the launch of the heavy Angara-A5 launch vehicles in 2023 and the super-heavy Yenisei in 2028. Another ship will already be a full-fledged apparatus for experimental and serial flights. In 2021, Roscosmos will order the creation of the second flight product.

It is worth noting that the development of the first “Eagle” has been going on for ten years. At the end of last year, Energia requested another 18 billion rubles from Roscosmos for the ship.

The landing of Russian astronauts on the lunar surface is planned for 2030.