Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub-Editor: Marija Stojkoska,  Agency: Newsflash

Russia’s space agency has put a used capsule up for sale that was use to bring cosmonauts back to Earth.

State space agency Roscosmos is reportedly selling the hull of a Soyuz MS-08 descent vehicle that was used to bring space travellers back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).

Glavkosmos, a Roscosmos subsidiary founded in 1985, is selling the module, stating that it is the first time they have ever sold such an item.

Adding that the module would be idea for space exhibitions, the price of the craft was not publicly disclosed and interested parties will need to contact the company via its website.

Glavkosmos general director Dmitry Loskutov said: “If this object attracts interest, Glavkosmos will be able to offer descent capsules to other customers in the future, for example, after the completion of tourist missions.”

The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the ISS in March 2018.

The craft transported American astronauts Richard Arnold and Andrew Feustel, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.

The crew returned to Earth a few months later in the MS-08 capsule and successfully landed in Kazakhstan.

The re-entry module has now been put up for sale by Glavkosmos.

The Soyuz-MS is the latest revision of the Soyuz spacecraft, and an update on the Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft.

Roscosmos recently announced plans to send actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko to the ISS to film the first ever film made in space.

The pair will begin training in early June before boarding a Soyuz spacecraft on 5th October.