Luna 27 Explained

See also: Luna-Glob.

Luna 27
Names List:Luna-Resurs 1 lander
Luna-Resource-1 lander
Mission Type:Technology, reconnaissance
Operator:Roscosmos
Spacecraft:Lander
Power:watts
Launch Date:2028 (planned)[1]
Launch Rocket:Angara A5[2]
Launch Site:Vostochny, Site 1A
Launch Contractor:Roscosmos
Interplanetary:
Type:Lander
Insignia Size:200px
Programme:Luna-Glob programme
Previous Mission:Luna 26
Next Mission:Luna 28

Luna 27 (Luna-Resurs 1 lander or Luna-Resource-1 lander)[3] is a planned lunar lander mission by the Roscosmos with collaboration by the European Space Agency (ESA) to send a lander to the South Pole–Aitken basin, an area on the far side of the Moon.[4] [5] [6] Its objective will be to detect and characterise lunar polar volatiles. The mission is a continuation of the Luna-Glob programme.[4]

Mission

The purpose is to prospect for minerals, volatiles (nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen, methane and sulfur dioxide), and lunar water ice in permanently shadowed areas of the Moon and investigate the potential use of these natural lunar resources.[4] On the long term, Russia considers building a crewed base on the Moon's far side that would bring scientific and commercial benefits.[4]

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] The percussion drill is designed to go down to and collect cemented ice samples for an onboard miniaturised laboratory called ProSPA.[4] [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

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

The European Space Agency payloads under collaboration with Russia was planned to fly Package 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 and Exospheric 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 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission in 2025 and the EMS-L will now fly on JAXA/ISRO's LUPEX lunar rover mission in 2026[16] [17] due to continued international collaboration being thrown into doubt by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on Russia.[18] [19]

The notional instrument payload includes:

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Katya Pavlushchnko . katlinegrey . 1689922853607550976 . 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. . 11 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Russia to launch Luna-27 lunar lander mission atop Angara rocket from Vostochny spaceport . . 20 October 2021 . 24 October 2021.
  3. http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/missions-to-the-moon.html Missions to the Moon
  4. News: Ghosh. Pallab. Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement. BBC News. 16 October 2015. 2015-10-16.
  5. Web site: ESA's plans for Lunar Exploration. European Space Agency (ESA). 2014. 2015-10-18.
  6. Web site: Russia-ESA Lunar Exploration Cooperation: Luna Mission Speed Dating. European Space Agency (ESA). 17 February 2014 . 2015-10-18.
  7. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Low-cost_clocks_for_landing_on_the_Moon Low-cost clocks for landing on the Moon
  8. Web site: PROSPECTing the Moon. European Space Agency (ESA). 18 May 2015. 2015-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928033851/http://wsn.spaceflight.esa.int/docs/research/PROSPECT%20User%20Group%20Call%20Issue.pdf. 28 September 2015. dead.
  9. http://exploration.esa.int/moon/59102-about-prospect/ About PROSPECT
  10. Web site: ProSPA: Analysis of Lunar Polar Volatiles and ISRU Demonstration on the Moon.
  11. http://www.iki.rssi.ru/eng/luna27.htm Luna-27 (Luna-Resurs-Lander) payload
  12. Web site: Luna-Resurs lander (Luna-27). RussianSpaceWeb.com. October 10, 2014. 2015-10-16.
  13. http://www.iki.rssi.ru/eng/luna27.htm Luna 27 (Luna-Resurs-Lander) payload
  14. Web site: ESA - Exploration of the Moon - About PROSPECT . 2022-04-14 . exploration.esa.int.
  15. Web site: LUNAR DRILL Astronika. astronika.pl. pl. 2018-11-24. 25 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181125031206/https://www.astronika.pl/lunar-drill. dead.
  16. News: ISRO's next Moon mission in collaboration with Japanese space agency gathers steam . 23 August 2023 . THE ECONOMIC TIMES .
  17. Web site: 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.". 2022-04-14 . Twitter . en.
  18. Witze . Alexandra . Russia's invasion of Ukraine is redrawing the geopolitics of space . Nature . 13 March 2022 . en . 10.1038/d41586-022-00727-x . 11 March 2022. 35277688 . 247407886 .
  19. Web site: Redirecting ESA programmes in response to geopolitical crisis . 2022-04-14 . www.esa.int . en.

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