Russia's long-delayed next-generation crewed spacecraft has gone through many names—PPTS, PTK NP, Federatsiya, and most recently Orel, or Eagle. According to Ars Technica, the relatively new head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, appears to have dropped the Eagle name favored by his predecessor Dmitry Rogozin, with the spacecraft now referred to again as PTK NP.
The report, translated for Ars, says Bakanov told Interfax that parachute system tests will begin this fall in the Far East. Later this year, the spacecraft will undergo tests of emergency rescue modes during a launch-pad emergency, and in 2027 it will be tested in the zone of maximum dynamic pressures—likely a launch abort test around Max-Q. It is not clear whether these tests will involve real flight hardware, boilerplate vehicles, or mockups.
Russian space officials are still holding to a debut crewed launch in 2028 or 2029, likely on the Angara A5M rocket. But the source notes that four years ago President Vladimir Putin spoke confidently about the Eagle spacecraft and Russia's lunar program, and those plans have not happened. The spacecraft is intended to replace the Soyuz for low-Earth orbit missions and to have the versatility to carry humans to the Moon, but the timeline remains uncertain.