Marina Program
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Formation | 19 July 1985 |
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Headquarters | Helena 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
Mission name | Timeframe | Vehicles | Crew | Mission summary |
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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: FIRST LAST PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
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: FIRST LAST PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
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: FIRST LAST PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
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: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
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: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
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: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
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 tbd |
CDR: FIRST LAST PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
Example |
Marina 10 | 1997 | Whiteflash I MCSM Penguin |
CDR: FIRST LAST 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 tbd |
CDR: CDR: FIRST LAST PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
Example |
Marina 12 | 2000 | Whiteflash I MCSM Willowtail |
CDR: Tobia Falasca PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
Example |
Marina 13 | 2001 | Whiteflash I MCSM tbd |
CDR: FIRST LAST PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
Example |
Marina 14 | 2003 | Whiteflash I MCSM tbd |
CDR: FIRST LAST PILOT: FIRST LAST SSO: FIRST LAST |
Example |
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. |