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April 16, 2015

Manned Moon Flight Planned For 2030
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 16, 2015
The lunar flight program for 2028-2029 will be unmanned, but putting a man on the moon is scheduled for 2029-2030, the head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday. "We need to begin working now to do this," Roscosmos head Igor Komarov said. Komarov added that Roscosmos is already developing all of the preliminary stages for the lunar flight program. The agency aims to become a world leader in space exploration in 2015, specifically with regard to Mars and Moon missions, Komarov said as ... read more

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