Russian cosmonauts will land on the moon in 2030

According to the head of the state corporation Roscosmos DimtriyaRogozin, who spoke at a lecture at Moscow State University, "Roscosmos" is going to make the first landing of Russian astronauts on the moon in 2030. After that, the state corporation plans to create a module of the constant lunar base on the satellite surface. During his presentation, Rogozin noted that manned missions to the Moon are already planned for 2029-2030, reports RIA Novosti news agency.

“2029-2030 - manned flights to the moon. 2029 - flight tests, 2029 - a comprehensive study of the Moon - automatic lunar rover, 2030 - landing of a man on the Moon - lunar take-off and landing complex, after 2030 - a module of the lunar base, ”says the presentation of the head of Roscosmos.

According to earlier reports, the firstThe manned mission of disembarking Russian cosmonauts on the surface of the Earth satellite will last 14 days. As the main means of delivering astronauts to the moon, it is planned to use the new promising Federation spacecraft currently being developed.

In a conversation with journalists RIA "Novosti" chapterCosmonaut Training Center Pavel Vlasov noted that the formation of the crew for the first manned test launch of the Federation will be carried out until 2021. In 2022, it is planned to conduct an unmanned launch of a spacecraft on a Soyuz-5 launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

According to him, usually the procedure of preparing peopleto space flight takes two years. But since it is a question of a program for preparing for future flights to the moon, the crew of the new ship will have to be prepared a little longer.

“It turns out that no later than 2021 we shoulddetermine the basic composition of the crew. In 2022, when the unmanned flight of the ship is to take place, all appointments to the crew will already take place, ”the agency’s source said

Unmanned launch is scheduled for 2023"Federation" to the International Space Station. Roscosmos is going to dock the device with the ISS in automatic mode. The first flight of the crew on the new spacecraft, which will also be conducted to the International Space Station, will take place in 2024.

It was previously indicated that the use of spacethe Federation ship for delivering astronauts to the ISS is planned only during test missions. For regular delivery of people to the orbital station, there will be sufficient “Unions”. The Federation, in turn, is developed for flights to the Moon.

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