Energia, the Russian missile technology group, has just completed the design of a new spacecraft. Group won the contract to manufacture the spacecraft of the Russian government in 2009, RIA Novosti reported.

"The flight tests of the new ships will take place in 2017. Spacecraft will be able to fly to the moon", Vitaly Lopota, president of Energia, said.

Vladimir Popovkin, the director of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said the next-generation spacecraft will be born in the period from now to 2018. We will perform a variety of tasks - such as the orbit, astronauts to the moon, spacecraft repair, clean up damaged satellites and space junk around Earth. Ship will have a version number to match each task. (Vnexpress)