#HotelMars: Russians prep a big booster space tug for the moon and beyond. @RussianSpaceWeb Anatoly Zak. David Livingston, Spaceshow.com
Photo: Communists pave the way to the stars. The Soviet miniature sheet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_sheet) of 1964 displaying six historical firsts of the Soviet space program. USSR Post - Original scanned and uploaded by Vizu (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vizu) from personal collection. USSR miniature sheet of 1964, glossy version, Communists blaze the trail to stars. Public Domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Put_k_zvezdam_prokladyvayut_kommunisty_blok_1964.jpg) File:Put k zvezdam prokladyvayut kommunisty blok 1964.jpg Created: 1964 (stamp) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow #HotelMars: Russians prep a big booster space tug for the moon and beyond. @RussianSpaceWeb Anatoly Zak. David Livingston, Spaceshow.com http://www.russianspaceweb.com/protected/superheavy_rb.html For the fourth stage of its super-heavy rocket, Roskosmos plans a powerful hydrogen-fueled space tug intended to send human missions into deep space. If ever built, it would be Russia's largest hydrogen booster since the Soviet-era Energia rocket. This page details its design features, possible flight profiles and touches upon technical challenges facing the project.