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January 21, 2016

Russia postpones manned Lunar mission to 2035
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2016
Russia initially planned to launch a manned aircraft to the moon atop an Angara heavy rocket carrier from its Vostochny space port in 2025. The earlier version of the state space program - worth some 2 trillion rubles ($25 billion) - specified that the creation of a heavy carrier rocket would allow for a manned lunar landing by 2030. But the new edition, which had it budget trimmed down to 1.4 trillion rubles, plans to start setting aside funds to put a man on the moon after 2035. Reports tr ... read more

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