Artist's view of the Argonaut lunar lander

Artist's view of the Argonaut lunar lander.

Argonaut is Europe’s autonomous access to the Moon, allowing us to play a major role on the surface of our natural satellite.

The lunar lander is being designed for a series of missions with many options for its payloads – from cargo and infrastructure delivery to scientific operations, a rover or a power station, Argonaut is being designed as a versatile access to the Moon.

An Argonaut mission from launch to landing could take from a week to a month, depending on orbits and mission design. No area is off-limits for Argonaut, the spacecraft will be able to land at any region on the Moon.