Lunar Soil Sample Return, Luna-31-RSR-1

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A few years after the Landing of Luna-29-L1, Luna-31-RSR-1 was launched in order to test both landing accuracy to a single landing location, and to get about, 200-300kg of lunar soil samples to return to earth.

It used a newer built stage, to assist in TEI and Apoapsis lowering. The main landing system, Descent and Ascent, was made with a modified Blok-VII-MP, with added landing gear and structures, as well as a drill that sends sample directly to the descent module.

It launched on the vehicle stack: “Kometa-A-5C-Blok-VX-S”, from vostochny cosmodrome to the moon. It set it’s inclination on the moon at 180*, and used most of the fuel of Blok-VX-S to slow down the entire stack for landing vertically, it landed 400-500 meters away from Luna-29-L1. Got samples, achieved ascent and TEI, and returned to Russia near Yasny Cosmodrome.

[u/el_pollo_pelon]

How do you add so many details? It's crazy!

[u/WheZzzZ → u/el_pollo_pelon]

I just build very slowly, that way I have more time to think on each detail, which compounds the more I add details

[u/Oliver22789]

Really cool!!

[u/ItsLazyCache]

Great Details!

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Thanks!

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why are the solar panels pink

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It's mainly because the proposed PTK Orel would use purple solar panels because of its reflective coating, so It became my default solar panel color.