Orientation Mechanism for the Mars Sample Return Mission Capture and Containment Return System
Walter Smith, Charles Perera, Ben Mignosa, Martin Matson +1 moreAerospace Mechanisms 2026
Mission / Mars
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.
Official mission page3 papers naming Mars Sample Return
Walter Smith, Charles Perera, Ben Mignosa, Martin Matson +1 moreAerospace Mechanisms 2026
Philip Chu, Justin Spring, Kris ZacnyAerospace Mechanisms 2014
Gale Paulsen, Stephen Indyk, Kris ZacnyAerospace Mechanisms 2014