On April 14, an official of the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Wednesday that the agency would stop its lunar exploration project in cooperation with Russia. Not long ago, the agency has announced that it will stop cooperating with Russia on the Mars exploration project ExoMars p> < p > < / P > < p > the European Space Agency announced that the decision took effect immediately. For example, the agency has asked to remove the pilot D landing camera provided by Russia from the Luna 25 lunar mission, which was originally scheduled to be launched later this year p> < p > European Space Agency Director Josef aschbacher said on Wednesday: "I have communicated this decision to Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency, and asked to put the pilot D camera in a secure warehouse until it can be used again." p> < p > David Parker, director of human and robotic exploration at the European Space Agency, added that the removal of the device would not affect Russia's ability to carry out its mission. It is not part of the currently operating spacecraft system p> < p > ESA has also been cooperating with Russia on lunar follow-up missions Luna 26 and Luna 27, but these cooperation have also been suspended. The Luna 27 mission is scheduled to be launched in 2025 and is expected to be equipped with an optical navigation system built by Europe based on artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis and an underground drilling rig to obtain lunar soil samples from a depth of 3 feet (1 meter) p> < p > ashbach said that the European Space Agency is negotiating alternatives to Russian technology. For example, underground drilling rigs may be sent to the moon as part of NASA's "commercial lunar payload service program" p> < p > at the press conference, ESA also discussed the future of its small Vega rocket, whose superior relies on engines made in Ukraine. These engines are manufactured by the Ukrainian company yuzhmash, which is headquartered in Dnipro. Despite the heavy bombing of Dnipro, there have been no official reports of damage to yuzhmash so far. However, it is clear that the European Space Agency does not expect to continue to cooperate with the company in the future p> < p > ashbach said: "we now have enough engines for 2022 and 2023. As for 2024 and beyond, we are studying alternatives based on different technologies." p> < p > Daniel neuenschwander, director of space transport operations of the European Space Agency, added: "we are trying to find opportunities to provide engines inside and outside Europe. These engines have either been tested or put into use, which fully meet our requirements." p> < p > the European Space Agency had also previously stopped cooperation with Russia on the ExoMars Rover Mission, which was originally planned to be launched with a Russian proton rocket at the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan in September. In addition to rockets, the mission also includes the use of Russian built landing platforms p>
ashbach said that ESA is currently conducting a series of studies to assess where the ExoMars project will go without Russian participation. The results of these studies will be presented to ESA member states in July. Since all alternatives will inevitably bring additional costs, Member States will have to decide the future of the project Covid-19 p>
has suffered several delays in the ExoMars mission scheduled for launch in 2018 due to problems with landing parachutes and subsequent outbreak of new crown pneumonia outbreak. The rover is equipped with a 6-foot-long drill bit designed to find traces of past and present life under the surface of the red planet p> < p > shortly after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, the commercial cooperation between European launch supplier Arianespace and Russia also ended. The Russian space agency withdrew personnel from the European launch site in kuru, French Guiana, and cancelled several planned launches of Soyuz rockets. The move is a response to Western sanctions against Russia p> < p > since 2011, Ariana space has been using the Soyuz rocket as a supplement to its light Vega rocket and heavy Ariana 5 rocket. (small) < / P > < p >