A photo Russia and Europe restored open source plans a joint moon exploration mission that could crown the first successful European satellite launch Of the earth.
Idea put forward by the European Space Agency (ESA) on meeting on December 2nd in Luxembourg, suggests joint cooperation with Roscosmos in the form of equipment supplies for two planned Russian space missions for six coming years.
It should be noted that at first, science officials did not plan cooperate with Russia, however, the ESA indicated that this is practically Europe’s only opportunity to secure long-term access to the moon, and that cooperation could have potential benefits for both sides.
The idea of a partnership with Roskosmos was a potential solution the problems that the European lunar mission faced back in 2012, when the proposal to create a European landing module failed to gain enough support.
The first of these planned missions – the mission of Roscosmos “Moon 27 “, scheduled for 2019. The lunar module will land in the south hemispheres, where he will study the soil and atmosphere. Second mission scheduled for 2020 and will be aimed at delivering collected samples back to earth.
The proposal for a joint mission to the south lunar pole coincided with increasing political friction between Russia and the West, which inspires many fears about the success of the planned operation.
Currently, Roskosmos also collaborates with the ESA mission. ExoMars, in which Russian rocket, carrier module and lander will deliver ESA rover to Mars surface in 2018 year. Also, Russia together with the European Space Agency works on the ISS. Both of these missions, ESA officials say, are passing smoothly, without any influence from the current geopolitical friction.
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