Marina Program

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Marina Program
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Formation19 July 1985
HeadquartersHelena Regent Space Center
Parent organisation
Meridon

The Marina Program, known also as Project Marina, was a Meridonian spaceflight program conducted by the Federal Spatial Advancement Administration which saw Meridon become the second country in Esvanovia after Anagonia to conduct a manned lunar landing, with the program spanning from 1985 to 2005.

Missions

Summary of Marina Program flights
Mission name Timeframe Vehicles Crew Mission summary
Marina 1 ~1987, two weeks Whiteflash II Unmanned Test of the Marina Crew Service Command Module's systems on an unmanned flight trajectory, including reaction control, telemetry, life support, and heat shield. Completed human rating for the MCSCM.
Marina 2 1988 Whiteflash II
MCSM Fourtin
CDR: Raul Pastor
PILOT: Arcadio Cugno
SSO: Alexis Gardet
First crewed launch of the program, with the three-man crew conducting a week-long orbital stay.
Marina 3 1988 Whiteflash II
MCSM Alexandrie
CDR: Hudson Baines
PILOT: Gabriel Bergen
SSO: Mitchell Magrath
Booster fuel lines were compromised leading to rapid disintegration of the WFBC launch stage about 32 seconds after liftoff, necessitating the activation of the Contingency Launch Abort System. All three crew members survived.
Marina 4 1989 Whiteflash I
MCSM Maria
CDR: Joseph Lowe
PILOT: Noah Laguna
SSO: Maxwell Stone
First launch of the Whiteflash I or Whiteflash Prime launch stack, with the MCSCM mated to a WFPBS-2 booster in place of the M-DLAV. Conducted 20 orbits of the moon before returning home.
Marina 5 1990 Whiteflash I
MCSM Democracy
CDR: James Tauwell
PILOT: Lachlan Jason
SSO: Xavier Robillard
First launch of MCSCM mated with M-DLAV. Dry run of lunar landing, with landing gear, rover systems, and descent engines checked. Holds the record for the lowest orbital EVA in history, with CDR Tauwell flying as low as 5,000 feet from the lunar surface.
Marina 6 1991 Whiteflash I
MCSM Loubret
CDR: Lewis Sudman
PILOT: Matthew Altiers
SSO: Valéry Laurent
First successful lunar landing, with approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes EVA time and 40lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 7 1992 Whiteflash I
MCSM Galleon
CDR: George Danielson
PILOT: Arcadio Cugno
SSO: Ruben Colina
2 Engine on the M-DLAV failed during transfer burn and was returned to operational capacity before re-attempting the burn. Engine failed catastrophically less than three miles above the ground, when conducting the landing phase, necessitating an abort-to-orbit (ATO). Crew returned successfully to Earth.
Marina 8 1995 Whiteflash I
MCSM Wedgetail
CDR: Michael Viele
PILOT: Nathaniel Rigg
SSO: Aidan Lachman
Conducted Marina 7's original mission profile, landing and observing the debris of the M-DLAV stage and recovering some of its debris for return to Earth. Total EVA time 5 hours and 45 minutes, with 100lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 9 1996 Whiteflash I
MCSM Apex
CDR: Raul Pastor
PILOT: Gabriel Clare
SSO: Victor Boutet
Landed in the Mare Crisium. EVA time 7 hours and 3 minutes, 110lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 10 1997 Whiteflash I
MCSM Penguin
CDR: Marcus Robertson
PILOT: Austin Whitworth
SSO: Luca Herrera
Landed on the Lunar south pole, confirming the presence of water on the Moon's surface, and specifically on the southern poles, in very large quantities. Total EVA time 10 hours and 14 minutes, with 82lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 11 1998 Whiteflash I
MCSM Champion
CDR: James Tauwell
PILOT: Rayan Contador
SSO: Mitchell Magrath
First mission to land on the far side of the moon. EVA time 7 hours and 32 minutes, with 67lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 12 2000 Whiteflash I
MCSM Willowtail
CDR: Tobia Falasca
PILOT: Justin Lecerf
SSO: Alexis Gardet
Landed in the Tycha Plains. EVA time 14 hours and 14 minutes, 134lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 13 2001 Whiteflash I
MCSM Korea
CDR: Jordan Thomson
PILOT: Gabriel Clare
SSO: Eruera Manuera
First mission to carry a Tangaran crewmember to the surface, Marina 13 landed in the Mare Moscoviense. EVA time 10 hours and 52 minutes with 97lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 14 2003 Whiteflash I
MCSM Patria
CDR: Joseph Lowe
PILOT: Amako Tapihana
SSO: Saul Piedrabuena
Landed at the Hertzsprung crater. EVA time 16 hours and 24 minutes, 114lbs of samples recovered.
Marina 15 2005 Whiteflash I
MCSM Kangaroo
CDR: George Danielson
PILOT: Armando Conca
SSO: Amy Marron
The only of the Marina missions to carry a female crewmember, Marina 15 conducted research on longer-term stays on the lunar surface to investigate long term habitation. 28 hours and 20 minutes of EVA time conducted, with 250lbs of samples returned.

Missions