Luna-25 will be the first spacecraft of Russia’s new lunar program aimed at investigating the south polar region of the Moon. and is heir to its Soviet predecessor Moon-24the third to retrieve samples from the lunar surface in August 1976.
While, Luna-26 is an orbiter with which the Russian authorities aspire to study the environment of the satellite and map future landing points on the moon; and with Luna-27 it is planned to return to step on its surface.
The director general of the organization based in Paris, Josef Ashbachercommissioned to review all operations with the participation of Russia and Ukraine to “identify the likely consequences of the new geopolitical context for ESA’s programs and activities and create a robust and sustainable space infrastructure for Europe”adds the statement.
The ESA, which in its text pointed out that the technology developed for these missions is still “vitally important”said to have already insured “a new opportunity to fly” on board program Commercial Lunar Transport Services (CLPS) of NASA and added that another alternative is being closed to test the navigation camera PILOT-D.
He also added that the Russian space corporation was asked Roscosmos the return of the European instruments that ESA contributed to the Russian lunar mission and their maintenance until then in a safe place.
Despite the announcement of the European agency, Russia affirmed that it will continue with its lunar missions, especially the first of the new program, Luna-25.. “ESA’s decision to suspend cooperation with Roscosmos on lunar projects, including the Luna-25 mission, will not affect the launch of the device“, assured the press service of the Russian space agency in a brief statement on Telegram.
The CEO of Roscosmos, Dmitri Rogozinadmitted in turn that Russia to remove ESA devices from its lunar roverssomething you hinted at will be a relief for the Russian space agency.
“We will resume the lunar program. We are talking about the launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome of the Luna-25 space robotic apparatus”reaffirmed the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinafter meeting with Rogozin in the town of Vostochni, during a ceremony dedicated to the 61st anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space.
It is not the first time that ESA has suspended its participation in a Roscosmos mission since the beginning of the Russian invasion: the March 17 lastthe agency stopped its cooperation with the ExoMars mission and specified that it would comply with all sanctions against Moscow.
Source: Ambito
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