by Tiffany Rider
The Russians plan to build a new space port for human spaceflight and hope to begin manned missions by 2018.
Russian President Putin signed a declaration of the project last month that allows for the an eastern cosmodrome in the Amur region of Russia, which is along the border with China. The exact site will not be released until 2010, and will take about a decade to complete.
The proposed space port is planned to be built near an existing port for unmanned launches that the Russian government shut down earlier this year, according to ITAR-Tass and reported by CNN. It is unclear whether the new port will built on the same location.
Russia launches all its manned missions from a Soviet-built port leased from nearby Kazakhstan. These launches involved U.S. and other foreign crew members. The Kazakhstan government has criticized the dangers and environmental damage caused by failed Russian launches.
To view the CNN article, CLICK HERE.
To check out the Baikonur Cosmodrome leased to Russia by Kazakhstan, CLICK HERE.
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