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Mars Sample Return

NASA / ESA · 2020–now · also MSR, Sample Retrieval Lander, Earth Return Orbiter

Proposed NASA-ESA campaign to bring Perseverance's cached samples to Earth, with landers, a Mars ascent vehicle and an orbiter.

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Papers: 85
Named in: 34 in title · 72 in abstract · 51 in keywords

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Sample Recovery Helicopter

Fernando Mier-Hicks, Håvard Fjær Grip, Arash Kalantari, Scott Jared Moreland +7 moreIEEE Aerospace 2023 16 citedMar 4, 2023

Space × RoboticsSurface Mobility & Terramechanics Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Manipulation & Grasping Mars Sample Return Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Mar 4, 2023

Development of the Sample Fetch Rover Locomotion Subsystem

Faizan Rehmatullah, Sean Jessen, Bahareh Ghotbi, Vivake Asnani +11 morePreprint 2021Oct 25, 2021

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Mars Sample Return Perseverance

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Oct 25, 2021

Dynamic Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Orbiting Sample Capture for Potential Mars Sample Return

Alyssa Ishigo, Eloise Marteu, Ethan Elliott, Preston Ohta +1 morePreprint 2020Mar 7, 2020

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS PLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Manipulation & Grasping Guidance, Dynamics & Control Mars Sample Return

NTRS

Mar 7, 2020

Mars drill for the Mars sample return mission with a Brushing and Abrading bit, regolith and powder bit, core PreView Bit and a coring bit

Kris A. Zacny, Gale L. Paulsen, P. Chu, Arshak Avanesyan +2 moreIEEE Aerospace 2012 14 citedMar 1, 2012

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Mars Sample Return Spirit & Opportunity

DOI

Mar 1, 2012

Design, Prototype, and Performance Assessment of an Autonomous Manipulation System for Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter

Arash Kalantari, Alex Brinkman, Kalind Carpenter, Matthew Gildner +5 moreIROS 2024 1 citedOct 14, 2024

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Mars Sample Return Perseverance Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Oct 14, 2024

Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter: Rotorcraft to Retrieve the First Samples from the Martian Surface

Shannah Withrow-Maser, Wayne Johnson, Theodore Tzanetos, Havard Grip +11 moreVertical Flight Society's 79th Annual Forum & Technology Display (Forum 79) 2023May 16, 2023

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Manipulation & Grasping Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mars Sample Return Perseverance

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May 16, 2023

Hardware-accelerated Mars Sample Localization via deep transfer learning from photorealistic simulations

Raúl Castilla-Arquillo, Carlos Jesús Pérez-del-Pulgar, Gonzalo Jesús Paz-Delgado, Levin GerdesRA-L 2022 4 citedJun 6, 2022

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Perseverance Mars Sample Return Rosalind Franklin

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Jun 6, 2022

An MBSE-based Approach to Architecting a Robotic Sample Capture System Concept for Potential Mars Sample Return

Paulo Younse, Jessica E CameronPreprint 2020Mar 7, 2020

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Mars Sample Return

NTRS

Mar 7, 2020

An Orbiting Sample Capture and Orientation System Architecture for Potential Mars Sample Return

Karan Lalla, Preston Ohta, Marco Dolci, Jackson W. Strahle +1 morePreprint 2018Mar 4, 2018

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS PLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Mars Sample Return

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Mar 4, 2018

Efficient Energy Management for Autonomous Control in Rover Missions

D. Diaz, Amedeo Cesta, Angelo Oddi, Riccardo Rasconi +1 moreIEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine 2013 9 citedOct 21, 2013

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Motion Planning & Navigation Mars Sample Return

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Oct 21, 2013

Use of In-Flight Data to Validate Mars Samle Return Autonomous RvD GNC

Valentín Barrena, P. Colmenarejo, M. Suatoni, Dirk Rößler +2 morePreprint 2012Jan 1, 2012

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS PLANETARY ROBOTICS Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Perception & State Estimation Guidance, Dynamics & Control Mars Sample Return

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Jan 1, 2012

Autonomous Science For Future Planetary Exploration Operations

Stephen MedwynPublished 2026Mar 20, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Perception & State Estimation Mars Sample Return Rosalind Franklin

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Mar 20, 2026

Mars Sample Receiving Facility Research and Development to Enable Preservation, Safe Containment, and Scientific Research of Martian Samples on Earth

Michael Calaway, Richard Mattingly, Andrea Harrington, Alvin SmithCOSPAR 2022Jul 16, 2022

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION HRI & Teleoperation Manipulation & Grasping Mars Sample Return Perseverance OSIRIS-REx Hayabusa & Hayabusa2

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Jul 16, 2022

Updated Human Mars Ascent Vehicle Concept in Support of NASA’s Strategic Analysis Cycle 2021

Douglas J. Trent, Herbert D. Thomas, Michelle RuckerIEEE Aerospace 2022Mar 5, 2022

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Mars Sample Return Artemis

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Mar 5, 2022

ROPEC - ROtary PErcussive Coring Drill for Mars Sample Return

Philip Chu, Justin Spring, Kris ZacnyAerospace Mechanisms 2014May 1, 2014

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Manipulation & Grasping Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Mars Sample Return

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May 1, 2014

Oriented Planetary Exploration Robotic Vision Binocular Camera Calibration

Chen Gui, Jun Peng, Zuojin LiInternational Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence 2013Oct 1, 2013

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Mars Sample Return

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Oct 1, 2013

Planetary exploration autonomous science target touchability evaluation using a fuzzy rule-based approach

Gui Chen, Dave P. Barnes, Li-lan PanPreprint 2013Jan 1, 2013

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Mars Sample Return Rosalind Franklin

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Jan 1, 2013

Autonomous Science Target Detection and Touchability Assessment for Planetary Exploration

ChenPublished 2026Mar 20, 2026

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Mars Sample Return Spirit & Opportunity

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Mar 20, 2026

Space Robotics-The Influence of Advanced Technology

Deepa Kumari, A. K. S. Chauhan, Ishika Chauhan, Akansh Srivastava +1 moreInternational Conference on Intelligent Systems and Embedded Design (ISED) 2024 1 citedDec 20, 2024

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ORBITAL ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Motion Planning & Navigation Mars Sample Return Rosalind Franklin

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Dec 20, 2024