The first flight of Russia's new manned spaceship Eagle has been postponed to 2028.

CTOnews.com, August 15 (Xinhua)-- the first flight of Russia's new generation of manned Eagle spacecraft will be postponed until 2028, Vladimir Kozhevnikov, chief designer of the Russian Orbital Station / Space Station (ROS), told the Interfax news agency.

According to reports, Russia's new generation of manned "Eagle" spaceship (CTOnews.com Note: Russian, formerly known as PTK NP Ross) will carry out two launches in 2028, which will be unmanned test flights and manned test flights respectively, and will be docked with Russian orbital stations, and will replace the Soyuz spacecraft to carry out missions in the future.

▲ source: Russian Space Agency Information Agency he said the spacecraft will be launched from the Eastern Space launch site, while the Progress cargo ship will be launched from the Baikonur Space launch site to ROS, "and then transferred to the East."

"We also propose to build different versions of the PTK, the so-called PTK-ROS, based on the ship, which is an integrated cargo ship, which can be used for passenger, freight and freight-passenger transport, and is a general platform for heavy loads," Kozhevnikov said.

As part of the Russian development work, the relevant departments are developing the reusable Eagle spacecraft. The model is designed to transport astronauts and cargo to a space station in low-Earth orbit and is one of the key elements of the existing concept of lunar exploration.

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