METHOD FOR SAMPLING AND DELIVERY TO EARTH OF SPACE DUST SAMPLES FROM VICINITY OF LIBRATIONS POINTS OF EARTH-TO-MOON SYSTEM AND COMPLEX OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION MEANS

摘要

FIELD: astronautics.;SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to research techniques in outer space. Method includes launching from spacecraft of near-moon orbital station (NMOS) of small spacecraft to halo-orbit around one of libration points and, after some time of flight (drift) along this orbit, return of small spacecraft to NMOS and its capture by robot-manipulator station. Then a hermetically sealed container with sterile samplers is removed from the NMOS airlock compartment and smear samples are taken from the small spacecraft surfaces. Samplers with smears are insulated in sealed container and then delivered to Earth in returned module. To implement this method, a corresponding set of facilities is provided, in which small spacecraft and sealed container are based on NMOS.;EFFECT: technical result is providing efficiency, reliability and safety of collection and delivery to Earth of space dust samples from vicinity of librations points.;2 cl, 1 dwg