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Russia introduced a new layout of spaceship at MAKS |
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Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:41 |
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President of the Russian Space Corporation "Energia" Vitaly Lopota introduced a new model of the spacecraft to the International Air Show "MAKS-2011" in Moscow, Russia. According to him, the new Russian manned spacecraft in the near future to replace the spacecraft "Soyuz", now widely used to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. But the new Russian spacecraft can not just deliver cargo and astronauts to orbit the Earth, but also to make circled around the Moon. New spaceship can carry six people, four of whom are tourists, the proposed name for the new spacecraft - the "Rus".
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