A Russian spaceship with tourists will orbit the moon and make a stop at the international space station in 2017. The space flight is scheduled for 16-17 days.
Also, readers of The Ukrainian Times know that Russia is going to send three space vehicles to the moon. In particular, one of them will be put into orbit and two Lunokhods (moon cars) on the surface of the moon. The first moon research vehicle Luna-25 is supposed to be launched in 2016.
According to Lev Zeleony, director of the Institute for Space Exploration under the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia has started implementing a new program for moon research.
The first manned flight to the moon on board a new generation transportation complex, which is being built in Russia, is slated for 2028. The company Energia plans to commence flight tests of the advanced transportation complex in 2024. As expected, it will be used for mining minerals on the moon.
