First Manned Mission Of Russia's Reusable Spacecraft Federatsiya Due By April 2025

First Manned Mission of Russia's Reusable Spacecraft Federatsiya Due by April 2025

Russia's next-generation reusable spacecraft Federatsiya will embark on a crewed mission to the International Space Station by April 1, 2025, according to state procurement documents out Monday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th December, 2018) Russia's next-generation reusable spacecraft Federatsiya will embark on a crewed mission to the International Space Station by April 1, 2025, according to state procurement documents out Monday.

The first unmanned mission has been pushed forward by a year to 2022.

The spacecraft designed by state rocket maker Energia will replace aging Soyuz spacecraft, Russia's space workhorse, on low Earth orbit missions.