Energia Lunar Expedition

Energia Lunar Expedition
Program overview
CountrySoviet Union Soviet Union
OrganizationRoscosmos
PurposeSoviet manned lunar settlement
Statuscanceled
Program history
Launch site(s)Baikonur Cosmodrome
Vehicle information
Launch vehicle(s)Energia


The Energia Lunar Expedition was a project that was proposed by Soviet engineer Valentin Glushko in 1988 which would’ve aimed to create a lunar base[1] using the Energia rocket. The lunar base was to then be eventually used for mining helium-3 from the lunar surface.

Hardware

The Energia expeditions involved at least two sections of hardware, which were placed into a low Earth orbit in separate Energia launches.

Mission Profile

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lunar base". www.russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 2023-03-24.


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