Moon shot: Russia launches recruitment drive for lunar mission

Roscosmos space agency looking for six to eight cosmonauts who will operate a new-generation spaceship headed to the moon in 2031

Russia's space agency has announced a recruitment drive for young would-be cosmonauts who it hopes will become the country's first on the Moon.

In the first such drive for five years, Roscosmos has said it is looking for six to eight cosmonauts who will operate a new-generation spaceship now in development and "will become the first Russians to fly to the Moon".