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EU and Russia Show Off New Lunar Spacecraft Design

schliz writes "Space flight planners have unveiled a new spaceship design for a joint EU/Russian trip to the Moon. The EU will be building the crew capsule, using technology developed for the automatic cargo system used to supply the International Space... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Sun, Jul 27 2008

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