MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Federal Space Agency will hold a closed tender among Russian space industry companies for the construction of a new "Clipper" manned spacecraft, the head of the agency said Wednesday.
Anatoly Perminov said, "We are now preparing to hold a closed tender among Russian companies."
Other than Energia rocket and space corporation, he did not specify which companies would take part in the tender.