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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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Mars Sample Return: Launch and Detection Strategies for Orbital Rendezvous

Ryan C. Woolley, Richard L. Mattingly, Joseph E. Riedel, Erick J. SturmAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics 2011Jul 31, 2011

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

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Jul 31, 2011

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

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

Mars Sample Return orbital rendezvous detection methods

Eric D. Gustafson, Robert J. HawPreprint 2019Jan 13, 2019

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

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Jan 13, 2019

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

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

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

RVS® 3000-X LIDAR – Pose Estimation – Test Result vs Landsat7 Mockup

Lukas Kroßner, Christoph Schmitt, Tristan Röll, Eugene Skelton +4 more47th Annual Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2025Mar 1, 2025

Space × RoboticsORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Perception & State Estimation Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking Mission Extension Vehicle Mars Sample Return Artemis

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Mar 1, 2025