Tests of the flight copy will begin after receiving the test result of the rocket unit of the emergency rescue of the ship, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
MOSCOW, February 26. /tass/. A flight copy of the Eagle manned spacecraft will be ready in 2024. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the magazine "Russian Space".
"In April 2024, a flight copy of the ship will appear for testing, first in unmanned mode, and then in manned mode," he said.
According to him, the tests of the flight instance will begin after receiving the test result of the rocket unit of the emergency rescue of the ship. "This is understandable, since the main thing in manned cosmonautics is the safety of the crew," Rogozin said.
The promising space manned spacecraft "Eagle" (former name - "Federation") is being created as part of the Russian lunar program. The first launch of the Eagle mock-up is scheduled for the end of 2023 from the Vostochny cosmodrome, during this flight docking with the ISS is not provided.
