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Luna 27

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Luna 27
Maquette of Luna 27 Moon lander
NamesLuna-Resurs 1 lander
Luna-Resource-1 lander
Mission typeTechnology,reconnaissance
OperatorRoscosmos
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftLander
Powerwatts
Start of mission
Launch date2028 (planned)[1]
RocketAngara A5[2]
Launch siteVostochny,Site 1A
ContractorRoscosmos
Moonlander

Luna 27(Luna-Resurs 1 landerorLuna-Resource-1 lander)[3][4]is a planned lunarlandermission by theRoscosmoswith collaboration by theEuropean Space Agency(ESA) to send a lander to theSouth Pole–Aitken basin,an area on thefar side of the Moon.[5][4][6]Its objective will be to detect and characterise lunar polar volatiles. The mission is a continuation of theLuna-Globprogramme.[5]

Mission[edit]

The purpose is toprospectfor minerals,volatiles(nitrogen,water,carbon dioxide,ammonia,hydrogen,methaneandsulfur dioxide), andlunar water icein permanently shadowed areas of the Moon and investigate the potential use of these naturallunar resources.[5]On the long term, Russia considers building a crewed base on the Moon's far side that would bring scientific and commercial benefits.[5]

Europe's participation in the mission received final approval at a meeting of ministers in December 2016.European Space Agency(ESA) will contribute with the development of a new type of automated landing system,[7]and will also be providing the 'PROSPECT' package, consisting of a drill (ProSEED), sample handling, and an analysis package (ProSPA).[8][9][10]Thepercussion drillis designed to go down to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and collect cemented ice samples for an onboard miniaturised laboratory called ProSPA.[5][8]The scientific payload consists of fifteen instruments.[11]

The lander mission was announced in November 2014 by Russia,[12]and its launch is planned for 2028.[1]

Science payload[edit]

The lander will feature 15 science instruments that will analyse theregolith,plasmain the exosphere, dust, and seismic activity.[13]

TheEuropean Space Agencypayloads under collaboration with Russia was planned to flyPackage for Resource Observation and in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Commercial exploitation and Transportation(PROSPECT) program's ProSEED lunar sampling drill, ProSPA chemical laboratory and volatile analysis package andExospheric Mass Spectrometer L-band(EMS-L) high-performance communications payload on this mission,[14][15]but the ProSEED and ProSPA will now fly on a NASACommercial Lunar Payload Servicesmission in 2025 and the EMS-L will now fly onJAXA/ISRO'sLUPEXlunar rover mission in 2026[16][17]due to continued international collaboration being thrown into doubt by the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraineand related sanctions on Russia.[18][19]

The notional instrument payload includes:

  • ADRON-LR, active neutron and gamma-ray analysis of regolith
  • ARIES-L, measurement ofplasmain the exosphere
  • LASMA-LR, laser mass-spectrometer
  • LIS-TV-RPM, infrared spectrometry of minerals and imaging
  • LINA, measurement of plasma and neutrals
  • PmL, measurement of dust and micro-meteorites
  • Radio beacon, high-power radio communication
  • RAT, radio measurements of the thermal properties of the regolith
  • SEISMO-LR,seismometer
  • Spectrometer, UV and optical imaging of mineral composition
  • THERMO-L, measurement of the thermal properties of regolith
  • STS-L, panoramic and local imaging
  • Laserretroreflector,Moon libration and ranging experiments
  • BUNI, power and science data support

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab@katlinegrey (11 August 2023)."Yuri Borisov: Roscosmos plans to launch #Luna26 in 2027, Luna-27 – in 2028, and Luna-28 – in 2030 or later. After that, the next goal will be a crewed mission to the Moon"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
  2. ^"Russia to launch Luna-27 lunar lander mission atop Angara rocket from Vostochny spaceport".TASS.20 October 2021.Retrieved24 October2021.
  3. ^Missions to the MoonLuna-27, The Planetary Society
  4. ^ab"ESA's plans for Lunar Exploration"(PDF).European Space Agency (ESA).2014.Retrieved18 October2015.
  5. ^abcdeGhosh, Pallab (16 October 2015)."Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement".BBC News.Retrieved16 October2015.
  6. ^"Russia-ESA Lunar Exploration Cooperation: Luna Mission Speed Dating".European Space Agency (ESA).17 February 2014.Retrieved18 October2015.
  7. ^Low-cost clocks for landing on the Moon26 October 2017 ESA
  8. ^ab"PROSPECTing the Moon"(PDF).European Space Agency (ESA). 18 May 2015. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 28 September 2015.Retrieved16 October2015.
  9. ^About PROSPECTESAAccessed on 4 September 2019
  10. ^"ProSPA: Analysis of Lunar Polar Volatiles and ISRU Demonstration on the Moon"(PDF).
  11. ^Luna-27 (Luna-Resurs-Lander) payloadRussian Space Research Institute (IKI) 2017
  12. ^"Luna-Resurs lander (Luna-27)".RussianSpaceWeb.10 October 2014.Retrieved16 October2015.
  13. ^Luna 27 (Luna-Resurs-Lander) payloadRussian Space Research Institute2017 Accessed February 17, 2018
  14. ^"ESA - Exploration of the Moon - About PROSPECT".exploration.esa.int.Retrieved14 April2022.
  15. ^"LUNAR DRILL | Astronika".astronika.pl(in Polish). Archived fromthe originalon 25 November 2018.Retrieved24 November2018.
  16. ^"ISRO's next Moon mission in collaboration with Japanese space agency gathers steam".THE ECONOMIC TIMES.23 August 2023.
  17. ^"ESA's PROSPECT lunar drill (originally scheduled to fly on Luna-27) will now fly on a NASA CLPS mission. ESA's PILoT-D (originally planned for Luna-25) navigation camera is" already being procured from a commercial service provider. "".Twitter.Retrieved14 April2022.
  18. ^Witze, Alexandra (11 March 2022)."Russia's invasion of Ukraine is redrawing the geopolitics of space".Nature.doi:10.1038/d41586-022-00727-x.PMID35277688.S2CID247407886.Retrieved13 March2022.
  19. ^"Redirecting ESA programmes in response to geopolitical crisis".esa.int.Retrieved14 April2022.

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