The "space towboat" will deliver heavy payloads like supply cargo for a moon base or modules of a lunar orbital space station after they are launched from Earth.These plans are still decades away from implementation, of course, and Russia has a lot of catching up to do.It's a bitter pill for Roscosmos to swallow, but it has to.
Experimental satellite RemoveDEBRIS arrives at the International Space Station ahead of a planned mission removing orbital debris.