Marina Program

Marina Program

Formation	19 July 1985
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

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.