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Mission / Mars

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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Top techniques

Manipulation & Grasping19
Surface Mobility & Terramechanics14
Guidance, Dynamics & Control11
Perception & State Estimation11
Rendezvous, Proximity Ops & Docking11
Design, Mechanisms & Hardware10

Top venues

IEEE Aerospace18
AIAA SPACE / ASCEND5
Aerospace Mechanisms3
IAC3
Acta Astronautica2
AIAA SciTech2

Also mentioned

Perseverance (Mars 2020)28
Spirit & Opportunity (MER)7
Curiosity (MSL)6
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter5
Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars)5
Artemis2

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5 papers naming Mars Sample Return

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Development of the Brushing, Abrading, Regolith, Core PreView and the Coring Bits for the Mars Sample Return Mission

Kris A. Zacny, Phil Chu, Gale L. Paulsen, Jack Craft +4 moreAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2011 8 citedJun 14, 2011

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

Jun 14, 2011

Autonomous Logistics and Inventory Management in a Modular, Robotic and Extensible Space Station

Athip Thirupathi Raj, Jekan ThangavelauthamAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2023 2 citedOct 17, 2023

Space × Robotics × AIORBITAL ROBOTICS IN-SPACE SERVICING Manipulation & Grasping Mars Sample Return SPHERES Robonaut 2

Oct 17, 2023

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

Aug 28, 2015

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

Jun 14, 2011

The Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE) on the Mars 2020 Rover

Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Donald Rapp, M. H. HechtAIAA SPACE / ASCEND 2015 41 citedAug 28, 2015

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS ISRU & CONSTRUCTION Perseverance Mars Sample Return

Aug 28, 2015