On September 2, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin RF reported that Vladimir Putin has approved the research and development of the Angara rocket superciężkim variant. This rocket is to have a maximum capacity of 150 tons, which means that it will be the equivalent of NASA rocket built by SLS in its heaviest variant. This rocket is used for manned missions beyond Earth orbit, and Vladimir Putin has announced that it will serve to manned missions towards the Moon and Mars and other celestial bodies in the solar system. This may herald the beginning of a new space race between Russia and the United States as it was in the 60s of the twentieth century.