Luna-28 (Luna-Grunt) is the planned Russian automatic interplanetary station (AMS) for landing on the moon and delivering lunar soil to Earth. The AMC includes a lander with an soil sampling device, technical equipment for sampling and temperature control of soil samples, a return rocket for delivering samples of lunar polar soil to Earth; part of the Russian lunar program of the first stage. The task of the station is the delivery to Earth of a hermetically packed sample of moon ice in a cryogenic, frozen state, that is, in its original form, without violating its structure [2] . In the Soviet period, samples of lunar soil were delivered to Earth in 1970-1976 by the Luna-16, Luna-20 and Luna-24 stations.
| Moon 28 | |
|---|---|
| Luna Grunt | |
| Manufacturer |  NGO named after Lavochkina |
| Tasks | Soil delivery from the moon |
| Launch pad | Vostochny Cosmodrome |
| Launch vehicle | Hangar |
| Launch | 2027 year (plan) |
| Cost | 11 billion rubles [1] |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | up to 4000 kg |
| The term of active existence | not less than 2 months |
Content
Project History
- On May 9, 2019, a source in the rocket and space industry told the media that the NGO named after Lavochkina began to develop the Luna-28 AMS. Currently, the pre-project phase is underway, preceding the outline design [3]
Prepare and Run
As of August 2016, the station was planned to be launched using the Angara launch vehicle from Vostochny Cosmodrome [4] in 2024 [5] . Later [ when? ] the launch was postponed to 2025.
November 2016 - as part of the contract, the development of the terms of reference for the Luna-Grunt mission began [6] .
January 2019 - 2027 is tentatively designated as a new launch date [7] .
Scientific Tasks
- Delivery of lunar soil samples to Earth in order to study its structure, chemical composition and determine the degree of danger of lunar dust to humans under the conditions of operation of the lunar base. In addition, it remains to be determined how lunar soil is suitable for creating greenhouses at lunar bases, since this issue is not being worked out due to the lack of sufficient soil and its poor knowledge [8] .
See also
- Moon (space program)
- Russian lunar program
Notes
- ↑ Lunar exploration will cost the Russian budget 28 billion rubles . TASS (08/20/2014). Date of treatment May 6, 2016.
- ↑ Moon-28 “Soil” . Space Tape (08/27/2015). Date of treatment May 6, 2016.
- ↑ Source: Russia creates a station for the delivery of frozen lunar soil . RIA Novosti (05/09/2019).
- ↑ Vostochny Cosmodrome will open the Moon . Newspaper.RU (01/15/2013). Date of treatment May 11, 2016.
- ↑ Russia decided to launch a spacecraft to the south pole of the moon (August 30, 2016).
- ↑ Roscosmos does not abandon the project for the delivery of lunar soil to Earth , TASS (November 29, 2016).
- ↑ Russia plans to deliver lunar soil samples to Earth in 2027
- ↑ RIA Novosti (12/28/2018).