This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product HERACLES robotic sample return lunar mission taking off from th

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This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product HERACLES robotic sample return lunar mission taking off from the Moon, illustration. HERACLES (Human-Enhanced Robotic Architecture and Capability for Lunar Exploration and Science) is a robotic sample return mission spacecraft. Planned by ESA with the Canadian and Japanese space agencies, this mission will use the proposed Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway space station as a staging post on both the outward and return journeys. HERACLES will survey areas of the lunar surface in preparation for future crewed missions to the Moon.

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