Signature of the Prospect B+ contract between ESA and Leonardo

Signature of the Prospect B+ contract between David Parker, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration, and Norman Bone, Airborne and Space Systems division, Managing Director Leonardo, during the Farnborough airshow, on 12 July 2016.

PROSPECT is one of the three elements of early lunar exploration activities of ESA: PILOT, PROSPECT, and SPECTRUM. While SPECTRUM and PILOT enable navigation, communication, and lunar landing technologies, PROSPECT will allow Europe to analyse the Moon's subsoil for the very first time to understand its resources.