俄罗斯工业部门的官员希望在今年内对拟替代历史悠久的联盟号火箭的Ｒｕｓ号新型火箭进行地面试验。据研制这种新型火箭的进展设计局副总设计师透露，飞行试验型Ｒｕｓ号火箭（又称联盟２号火箭）将于明年总装，于２００１年进行首次发射。与从６０年代中期以来载人航天计划的 Officials from the Russian industrial sector hope to ground-test the new rocket of the Rus, which is intended to replace the historic Union Socket, this year. According to the progress of the development of this new rocket Design Bureau deputy chief designer revealed that flight test type Rus rocket (also known as the Union 2 rocket) will be final assembly next year, in 2001 for the first launch. With the manned space program since the mid-1960s