Russia’s lunar base to serve as stopover for inter-planetary travels after 2050

11:30, 25 October 2017

STAR CITY. KAZINFORM Russia's space rocket corporation Energia on Tuesday for the first time unveiled the likely phases and dates of implementing the national space program in a detailed presentation at the cosmonauts training center near Moscow, TASS reports.

The program envisages creation of a manned Moon rover, radiation shelter, experimental production facilities on the Moon's surface, a mineral resources production complex and many other ideas. Energia corporation hopes that after 2050 the base will be able to serve as a stopover for expeditions into deep space towards other planets.