RussianMoonBase

Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)

"In 2018 work will be started to develop the elements of a moon base."

Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin "Russia, in prospect, intends to start the colonization of the Moon."

First-phase moon base consisting of four modules (habitation, laboratory, power, and modernised node) "for comprehensive linkage and verification of the adopted architectural and technical solutions".

A mobile manipulator crane, a grader, an excavator, a cablelayer, and a mobile robot for lunar surface exploration will be created and tested for building a luna base.