President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 2 ordered construction sped up on a multi-billion-dollar spaceport in Russia's Far East that he said would break reliance on the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and launch future missions to the Moon and Mars.
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Reuters: Putin orders building hastened at new Russian spaceport
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited an aerospace center in Samara, Russia, on July 21
