Luna 27

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Luna 27
Names Luna-Resurs
Mission type Technology, reconnaissance
Operator Roscosmos
Start of mission
Launch date 2025+ (proposed)
Rocket Soyuz[1]
Moon lander

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See also: Luna-Glob

Luna 27 (Luna-Resurs lander)[2] is a planned lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) with collaboration by the European Space Agency (ESA) to send a lander to the South Pole–Aitken basin, an unexplored area of the Moon.[3][4][5] The mission is a continuation of the Luna-Glob programme.[3]

Mission

The purpose is to prospect for minerals, volatiles, and lunar water ice in permanently shadowed areas of the Moon and investigate the potential use of these natural resources.[3] On the long term, they consider building a habitable base on the Moon's far side that would bring scientific and commercial benefits. [3]

Europe's participation in the mission is due to receive final approval at a meeting of ministers in late 2016. If approved, Europe will contribute with the development of a new type of automated landing system, and will also be providing the 'PROSPECT' package, consisting of a drilling, sampling, sample handling, processing and analysis package.[6] The percussion drill is designed to go down to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and collect cemented ice samples for an onboard miniaturised laboratory called ProSPA.[3][6]

The lander mission was announced in November 2014 by Russia,[7] who is planning the launch for 2020.[2][6] Due to budget constraints, all Russian lunar missions have been postponed to 2025.[8]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missions to the Moon Luna-27. The Planetary Society.
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External links

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