Fate has not been kind to the Russian planetary program since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Its Mars-96 mission was lost during a launch failure. Then in 2011, the Phobos-Grunt mission was lost after it failed to respond to commands following launch.

Since then, the Russian program is following a two-pronged approach to rebuild its planetary program. For this decade, it is planning a series of solo lunar missions to build up its own design, testing, and operations capabilities. Simultaneously, it has built a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to explore Mars. The earliest explorations of a potential partnership with NASA for Venus missions have just started.

After reading Zak's web site, ESA's website, and reading a number of news accounts, what follows is the best picture I've been able to put together of Russia's planetary plans.

Near-term missions

In partnership with ESA

ExoMars orbiter - 2016

ExoMars rover and science station - 2018

Luna-25 (Glob) polar lander - 2016

Luna-26 (Glob) orbiter - 2018

Luna-27 (Resurs) lander - 2019

Concepts for the 2020s

From what I can tell, these missions are concepts and not approved or funded missions. Launch dates therefore are likely to be notional for planning purposes rather than commitments.

Luna-Grunt sample return - 2021

Boomerang Phobos sample return - 2022

Venera-D lander(s) & orbiter(s) - 2024

Mars sample return - 2024

Ganymede lander - late 2020s

This is an ambitious list, especially for the early 2020s. Zak reports that the numbers of engineers and scientists to build, test, and operate these missions are small. Russia is enhancing the impact its resources have through partnerships with other space agencies. Still, several of the concepts seem likely to be dropped unless Russia invests substantially more resources to its program.

Cooperative Missions with ESA

Russia and ESA have signed agreements that make Russia a substantial partner in both of ESA's Mars missions this decade. Russia will make crucial contributions to both ExoMars missions:

ExoMars orbiter and demonstration lander 2016

Russian-supplied instruments for the orbiter:

Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (3 infrared spectrometers)

Fine Resolution Epithermal Neutron Detector (high resolution mapping of near-surface water ice)

ExoMars rover & science station 2018

Russia to provide launch

Russia to provide entry and landing system with ESA contributions

Russian-supplied instruments for the rover:

Infrared Spectrometer for ExoMars

Adron (detect subsurface water and hydrated minerals)

[previously, a 3rd instrument, a laser spectrometer was listed as a Russian instrument but is not currently listed on ESA's ExoMars webpage]

Russia will need to develop substantial new capabilities to land the large 2018 ExoMars rover. It previously has not landed a large planetary probe on any world except on the very different Venus (and then as part of the Soviet Union series of landers that ended in 1986). ESA plans to share the technology it develops from its planned 2016 demonstration lander with Russia.

Russia has previously discussed using the 2018 ExoMars landing stage as a long-lived weather and geophysical station. I have not seen any discussion of this recently. If this does happen and the station has a seismometer, joint seismological studies with NASA's InSight mission could be done to improve upon the science either instrument could do on its own.

In addition to Mars missions, managers for the European and Russian space agencies have stated that they are discussing Russian participation in ESA's JUICE Jovian system-Ganymede orbiter mission. Russia could contribute the launch vehicle and in return be provided payload space for instruments on the JUICE orbiter or for a small Ganymede lander.

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