FIELD: aerospace engineering.
SUBSTANCE: in compliance with this invention, booster stage, manned shuttle spacecraft (MSS) and crew are delivered to preset near-Earth orbit separately, each by its carrier rocket. Note that crew is delivered by Clipper orbital airplane (OP). Then, MSS is docked to OP, crew passes on from OP into MSS and OP sections joint MSS to booster stage. Then aerodynamic shield mounted on MSS is opened and booster pulse is generated by booster stage to bring MSS to orbit of flight to the Moon. Now booster stage is separated. MSS near-lunar flight and flight program over, MSS is imparted accelerating pulse for it to deliver crew towards Earth, MSS is aerodynamically decelerated in light air with the help of aerodynamic shield. After deceleration, MSS reaches preset near-Earth orbit, is docked to OP, crew passes on to OP and MSS is separated from MSS. Now the latter is changed over into standby mode. After recharging and equipping of MSS and OP, they can be used preset number of times.
EFFECT: increased relative useful payload.
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