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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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Orbit acquisition, rendezvous, and docking with a noncooperative capsule in a Mars sample return mission

Riccardo Santoro, Mauro PontaniActa Astronautica 2023 14 citedApr 25, 2023

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

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Apr 25, 2023

Model predictive control application to spacecraft rendezvous in mars sample return scenario

M. Saponara, Valentín Barrena, Alberto Bemporad, Edward Nicholas Hartley +4 morePublished 2013 20 citedJan 1, 2013

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

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Jan 1, 2013

Joint Trajectory Replanning for Mars Ascent Vehicle under Propulsion System Faults: A Suboptimal Learning-Based Warm-Start Approach

Kun Li, Guangtao Ran, Yanning Guo, Ju H. Park +1 moreIEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 2024 6 citedSep 29, 2024

Space × AIPLANETARY ROBOTICS Guidance, Dynamics & Control Learning-based Methods Mars Sample Return

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Sep 29, 2024

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

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Mar 7, 2020

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

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

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

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