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Russia is planning to send its first manned lunar mission by 2029, Vladimir Solntsev, head of Roscomsos Energia consortium, announced on Tuesday. "A manned flight to the moon and lunar landing is planned for 2029," Solntsev said. A spacecraft specially designed to carry out missions to the moon is currently being built by Roscomsos Energia, and is expected to make its first test flight in 2021, EFE news reported. It will dock with the International Space Station in 2023. In 2025, the spaceship will carry out its first unmanned mission to the moon. The US remains the only country to send manned lunar missions; the first was in 1969. The Russian Federal Space Agency, commonly known as Roscosmos, decided to change its focus on the conquest of Mars after the resounding failure of the Phobos Grunt mission in 2011, which intended to take samples from one of the moons of the red planet In the meanwhile, six Russian women on Wednesday clambered into a mock spaceship to begin a...

Samsung Galaxy View, the large-screen tablet teased by the tech giant last month during IFA 2015, has finally been launched. Being touted as the "largest Android mobile device on the market," Samsung Galaxy View's pricing and availability have not been revealed yet. The 4G LTE-enabled device has been made with a video-centric interface in mind, says Samsung. The Android 5.1 Lollipop-based Galaxy View features an 18.6-inch TFT LCD full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution display, which is supported by a built-in 2-way kickstand. The kickstand doubles up as a handle as well to make it easy for users to carry the large tablet around. It is powered by an octa-core 1.6GHz processor (unspecified), clubbed with 2GB RAM. For the audio, the Galaxy View sports dual 4-watt speakers. The tablet, which comes in 32GB and 64GB inbuilt storage variants, supports microSD card as well. Samsung says the tablet's 5700mAh battery can deliver up to 8 hours of video playback time. A front-fa...