L-VRAP-A lunar volatile resources analysis package for lunar exploration

► L-VRAP is a provisional instrument package on the proposed ESA Lunar Lander. ► Planned launch date of 2018, autonomous soft landing near the lunar South pole. ► L-VRAP, designed to measure the concentration, chemical and isotopic composition of volatiles. ► Contamination, its source and methods of countering their effects are considered. ► The L-VRAP package is described.