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Luna 27
NamesLuna-Resurs
Mission typeTechnology, reconnaissance
OperatorRoscosmos
Start of mission
Launch date2020 (proposed)
Moon lander

Luna 27 (Luna-Resurs lander)[1] 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.[2][3] The mission is a continuation of the Luna-Glob programme.[2]

The purpose is to prospect for usable minerals, volatiles, and lunar water ice in permanently shadowed areas of the Moon and investigate the potential use of these natural resources.[2] On the long term, they consider building a habitable base on the Moon's far side that would bring scientific and commercial benefits. [2]

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.[4] 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.[2][4]

The lander mission was announced in November 2014 by Russia,[5] who is planning the launch for 2020.[1][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Missions to the Moon Luna-27. The Planetary Society.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ghosh, Pallab (16 October 2015). "Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  3. ^ "Russia-ESA Lunar Exploration Cooperation: Luna Mission Speed Dating". European Space Agency (ESA). 17 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  4. ^ a b c "PROSPECTing the Moon" (PDF). European Space Agency (ESA). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  5. ^ "Luna-Resurs lander (Luna-27)". Russian Space Web. October 10, 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-16.

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