Outer space

Here's an Early Look at Russia's New Manned Spacecraft

While NASA and its commercial partners try hard to develop several new American spacecraft in order to get American astronauts into Earth’s orbit and beyond, Russia is working on its own new craft, too.

On Monday, the Russian Space Agency published a few photos taken at MAKS-2015, the 12th International Aviation and Space Salon in Moscow—and amongst them are shots showing Russia’s new spacecraft, currently under development. It was the first public display of the new Russian manned transport craft, which is being built to replace the trustworthy Soyuz-TMA that carries astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station.