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Deep-Hole Soil-Sampling Tools for Future Russian Lunar Polar Missions

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The review of both previously used lunar deep-hole soil-sampling tools (DSSTs) and new prototypes of these devices, developed for exploring the lunar polar regolith in future lunar projects, is presented, and the DSST options with different technical parameters and layout arrangements intended for future Russian lunar missions are also considered.

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    M. L. Litvak, A. V. Nosov, T. O. Kozlova, V. I. Mikhal’skii, A. S. Perkhov & V. I. Tret’yakov

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Litvak, M.L., Nosov, A.V., Kozlova, T.O. et al. Deep-Hole Soil-Sampling Tools for Future Russian Lunar Polar Missions. Sol Syst Res 54, 203–222 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094620030089

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