credit Khrunichev / caption: Russians never do things by halves
This is what I like to see, serious hardware getting ready for some serious testing. While the new Angara launch vehicle family might be a tad behind schedule due to budgetary wobbles in the 1990s its development is certainly back on track now
click on the image to see a larger version in the same browser windowAt the Rocket and Space Industry Research and Testing Center’s IS-102 Integration and Testing Facility in Peresvet, Sergiev Posad district, Moscow region the Khrunichev Space Center Angara launch vehicle’s Universal Rocket Module (URM)-1 was rolled out on 10 January 2009 and moved to the test frame for fire-testing
Over the next six months cold flow testing will be conducted before moving to hot firings
Go here to the Khrunichev website to read more and see more about the testing work
