ESA Planetary Dust Contamination Workshop 2025

Session

Session 6: Dust considerations for future missions

5 Jun 2025, 11:50

Newton 1 (ESTEC)

6. Preliminary Dust Mitigation Concepts for LOADER: A Lunar Surface Payload Deployment System for Argonaut

Mr Iulian Emil Juhasz (Initium Space Consulting)

05/06/2025, 11:50

Full length presentation

LOADER (Lifting and Offloading Add-on Device for EL3/Argonaut Resources) is a concept-stage electro-mechanical system designed to support the European Large Logistics Lander, Argonaut, by enabling the autonomous deployment of scientific payloads and surface infrastructure on the lunar surface. The LOADER concept addresses a key operational challenge for future lunar missions: the safe and...

1. Challenges and Impacts of Lunar Dust on Lunar Surface Nuclear Power Systems

Borja Pozo Larrocha (ESA)

05/06/2025, 12:15

Full length presentation

The rapid expansion of space exploration demands novel and disruptive technologies. Among the most critical advancements for enabling sustained lunar missions are nuclear-based power systems. A primary objective is to generate reliable energy for scientific payloads, rovers, and power stations on the lunar surface, where solar power alone is insufficient. Power systems for space nuclear...