Overview of robotic lunar and Mars plans:http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Russia_plans_return_to_Mars_Moon_despite_money_woes_999.html
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 02/19/2016 08:44 amI thought this proposal was pretty good. Only two 40 t launches. Their lander seems pretty light. Only 11.5 t compared to 15 t for the Apollo LM.http://en.spacelin.ru/moon-seven/presentation/40 tones is a "right value" of LEO payload for Dual Launch Architecture. Considering that original Angara A5V proposal started from 35 tones of payload, then it had been increased to 37-38 tones, I would not be surprised if LV eventually would "grow" and reach 40 tones.
I thought this proposal was pretty good. Only two 40 t launches. Their lander seems pretty light. Only 11.5 t compared to 15 t for the Apollo LM.http://en.spacelin.ru/moon-seven/presentation/
...we abandoned the fuel delivery system to the engine, choosing instead an electric pump...our New Zealand colleagues from RocketLab not so long ago tested their carrier rocket Electron, equipped with electric pumps, thereby proving the operability of this solution....during the development it became obvious that the available batteries for electric pumps are too heavy.
«Луноход»: возвращениеPublished on 25 Dec 2017 Земляне планируют вернуться на Луну. Возможно, Роскосмос и НАСА, используя опыт «Аполлонов» и автоматических «Луноходов», будут работать совместно.
Lunokhod: ReturnEarthlings plan to return to the moon. Perhaps Roskosmos and NASA, using the experience of the Apollo and the automatic Lunokhods, will work together.
Some screen grabs. Looks like the large lander also performs LOI with Federatsiya, like in Constellation. Obligatory Lunar base included! Looks like the artist just copied the ISS configuration for a new space station.
MKS might be derived from the freeflying lab they are developing and can be docked to the ISS, the Oka-T-MKS.
Here's a video that contains those screen grabs. We have BP and PP missions. PP missions consist of PTK and MKS elements. I believe MKS is a mission module that allows operation in low Lunar orbit (LLO).Looks like the LVPK Lunar module will come in two versions. The first version will mass 20 t, carry 2 crew, return 100 kg and last 3 days on Lunar surface. The second version will mass 27 t, carry 4 crew, return 625 kg and last 14 days on the Lunar surface. STK II will probably be used for this second version.It doesn't look like the DSG is used for the actual landing missions.AcronymsPTK Federatsiya MKS Service Module?LVPK Lunar moduleKVTK Hydrolox upper stageDM Kerolox upper stageSTK Heavy lift launch vehicleDSG Deep Space Gateway Missions2022 Soyuz-5 Federatsiya (BP1, LEO)2024 Soyuz-5 Federatsiya (BP2, ISS)2025 Soyuz-5 Federatsiya (PP1, ISS)2027 STK Federatsiya (BP3, ISS?)2027 STK Federatsiya (PP2, DSG)2028 STK I LVPK (BP, LEO?)2028 STK I Federatsiya (BP4, LLO)2029 STK I LVPK (BP, 15 km perilune?)2029 STK I Federatsiya (PP3, LLO)2030 STK I LVPK (BP, first crewed landing)2030 STK I Federatsiya (PP4, LLO)Launch VehiclesSoyuz-5 17 t RD-171M + RD-0124M + DMSTK 50 t 3xRD-171M + RD-0124M + 2xDMSTK I 88 t 6xRD-171M + RD-0124M + KVTK + DMSTK II 115 t 6xRD-171M + H2/O2 Stage 2 + H2/O2 Stage 3
The first paragraph."MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has said that NASA had asked Roscosmos to create a lunar version of the Soyuz spacecraft as a backup manned space transport system for flights to the Moon."Finally, Soyuz will be doing what it was originally designed to do! This is all provided of course that Roscosmos can actually get the funding from the Russian government.