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

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Overcoming the Challenges of Solar Rover Autonomy: Enabling Long-Duration Planetary Navigation

Olivier Lamarre, Jonathan Kellyi-SAIRAS 2018 9 citedMay 14, 2018

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Learning-based Methods Mars Sample Return

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May 14, 2018

Contamination Knowledge Strategy for the Mars 2020 Sample-Collecting Rover

K. A. Farley, K. Williford, D W. Beaty, H. Y. McSween +12 moreLPSC 2017Mar 20, 2017

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Perseverance Mars Sample Return

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Mar 20, 2017

Space rendezvous and capture testbed

Russell J. Smith, David Newill‐Smith, Gabriel Udomkesmalee, Brian Lee +3 moreIEEE Aerospace 2016 1 citedMar 1, 2016

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Motion Planning & Navigation Mars Sample Return

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Mar 1, 2016

Opportunities and Strategies for Testing and Infusion of ISRU in the Evolvable Mars Campaign

Robert P. Mueller, Laurent Sibille, James G. Mantovani, Gerald B. Sanders +1 moreAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2015 10 citedAug 28, 2015

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Mars Sample Return

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Aug 28, 2015

Advances in Space Robotics Autonomy

Ashitey Trebi‐Ollennu, Arturo L. Rankin, Yang Cheng, Adnan I. Ansar +5 moreAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics eBooks 2014May 14, 2014

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS ORBITAL ROBOTICS Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Spirit & Opportunity Curiosity Mars Sample Return

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May 14, 2014

Development of the RANCOR Rotary-Percussive Coring System for Mars Sample Return

Gale Paulsen, Stephen Indyk, Kris ZacnyAerospace Mechanisms 2014May 1, 2014

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION PLANETARY ROBOTICS Mars Sample Return Spirit & Opportunity

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May 1, 2014

VML 3.0 Reactive Sequencing Objects and Matrix Math Operations for Attitude Profiling

Christopher A. GrassoSpaceOps 2012 5 citedMar 27, 2012

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

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Mar 27, 2012

Using Robots for Advanced Rendezvous and Docking Simulation

Toralf Boge, Heike Benninghoff, Florian RemsPreprint 2012 13 citedJan 1, 2012

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Guidance, Dynamics & Control Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Mars Sample Return

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Jan 1, 2012

Horizon-Dependent Tube MPC for Spacecraft Rendezvous on Elliptical Orbits with Conditional Robust Constraint Satisfaction

Omer Burak IskenderAdv. Space Res. 2026 3 citedAug 9, 2026

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

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Aug 9, 2026

The SuperCam Infrared Spectrometer for the Perseverance Rover of the Mars2020 mission

Thierry Fouchet, Jean-Michel Reess, Franck Montmessin, Rafik Hassen-Khodja +37 moreIcarus 2021 59 citedOct 28, 2021

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Perseverance Mars Sample Return

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Oct 28, 2021

Mars rover's sampling campaign begins

Paul VoosenScience 2021 2 citedJul 29, 2021

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Mars Sample Return

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Jul 29, 2021

Improving Autonomous Rover Guidance in Round-Trip Missions Using a Dynamic Cost Map

Gonzalo J. Paz-Delgado, Martín Azkarate, J. Ricardo Sánchez-Ibáñez, Carlos J. Pérez-del-Pulgar +2 moreIROS 2020 5 citedOct 24, 2020

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Mars Sample Return

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Oct 24, 2020

Reconfigurable autonomy for future planetary rovers.

Guy BurroughesSurrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) 2017Aug 31, 2017

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Design, Mechanisms & Hardware Guidance, Dynamics & Control Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Mars Sample Return

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Aug 31, 2017

Supersonic Retro-Propulsion for Future High-Mass Robotic Mars Lander Missions

Charles Whetsel, Aron Wolf, Marcus LobbiaPreprint 2017Jun 5, 2017

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Mars Sample Return Curiosity

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Jun 5, 2017

Concepts for Mars On-Orbit Robotic Sample Capture and Transfer

Brendan Chamberlian-Simon, Rudranarayan Mukherjee, Russell Smith, Marco DolciIEEE Aerospace 2017Mar 4, 2017

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS PLANETARY ROBOTICS Mars Sample Return

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Mar 4, 2017

Passive vs. Parachute System Architecture for Robotic Sample Return Vehicles

Robert W. Maddock, Allen B. Henning, Jamshid A. SamarehIEEE Aerospace 2016Mar 5, 2016

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION Mars Sample Return

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Mar 5, 2016

Path Planning and Autonomous Navigation for a Planetary Exploration Rover

Alexandru Rusutheses.fr (ABES) 2014 1 citedDec 12, 2014

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Motion Planning & Navigation Perception & State Estimation Learning-based Methods Rosalind Franklin Mars Sample Return

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Dec 12, 2014

Mars2020 sample acquisition and caching technologies and architectures

Kris A. Zacny, Phil Chu, Kiel Davis, Gale L. Paulsen +1 moreIEEE Aerospace 2014 17 citedMar 1, 2014

Space × RoboticsISRU & CONSTRUCTION Manipulation & Grasping Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Mars Sample Return

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Mar 1, 2014

Mars Rover/Sample Return (MRSR) Mission: Mars Rover Technology Workshop

nasaPreprint 2013Aug 30, 2013

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Mars Sample Return

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Aug 30, 2013

Dispelling the myth of robotic efficiency

Ian CrawfordAstronomy & Geophysics 2012 51 citedMar 23, 2012

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Manipulation & Grasping Spirit & Opportunity Curiosity Mars Sample Return

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Mar 23, 2012

TextureCam: Autonomous Image Analysis for Astrobiology Survey

D. R. Thompson, Abigail C. Allwood, Dmitriy L. Bekker, Nathalie A. Cabrol +2 moreLPI 2012 8 citedMar 1, 2012

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

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Mar 1, 2012

Comparison of Deimos and Phobos as Destinations for Human Exploration and Identification of Preferred Landing Sites

William Pratt, Joshua HopkinsAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2011 29 citedJun 14, 2011

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS HRI & Teleoperation Mars Sample Return

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Jun 14, 2011

Experimental results of rover-based coring and caching

Paul Backes, Paulo J. Younse, Matt DiCicco, Nicolas Hudson +7 moreIEEE Aerospace 2011 14 citedMar 1, 2011

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

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Mar 1, 2011

Horizon-Dependent Tube MPC for Elliptical-Orbit Rendezvous Under Mass Uncertainty

Omer Burak Iskender, Keck-Voon LingIAC 2026 2 citedAug 27, 2026

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Guidance, Dynamics & Control Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Mars Sample Return

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Aug 27, 2026

Enhancing Fault-Tolerant Space Computing: Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) and Landing Vision System (LVS) Implementations on Next-Gen Multi-Core Processors

Kyongsik Yun, David Bayard, Gerik Kubiak, Austin Owens +4 moreSMC-IT/SCC 2025Nov 6, 2025

Space × Robotics × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS ORBITAL ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Autonomy, Task Planning & Operations Mars Sample Return

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Nov 6, 2025