Putin at construction site of new space center in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed the construction of a new national space center in Moscow on Sunday and thanked the workers involved. "Our plans really are big and significant for the country as a whole, and not just for the space rocket industry," Putin said.

He said that the center would be another "high tech" center in Moscow. The head of Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation Dmitry Rogozin said Sunday that 20,000 space industry employees would work at the completed center, which will also host university space programs. the construction of the center will be completed in 2023.