Editor’s note: this presentation at NASA was assembled in 2023 prior to the cancellation of the Mars Sample Return Mission. While the notion of returning samples from Mars by NASA […]
Sample Return
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The Mars Sample Return Transfer Arm
The mission to return martian samples back to Earth will see a European 2.5 metre-long robotic arm pick up tubes filled with precious soil from Mars and transfer them to […]
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Map of Mars Perseverance Rover’s 21 Sample Sites
Shown here is a representation of the 21 sample tubes (containing rock, regolith, atmosphere, and witness materials) that have been sealed to date by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Red dots […]
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NASA Invites Public Comment on Plans for Mars Sample Return Campaign
NASA is seeking public comments on a draft environmental impact statement for the agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. Comments are due by Monday, Dec. 19.
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National Environmental Policy Act – NASA Mars Sample Return Campaign
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)] [Notices] [Pages 66751-66754] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2022-24065]
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Microbial Survivability Of Ionizing Radiation On Mars: Considerations For Sample Return
As the goals of Mars exploration expand to include sample return, it becomes important to protect Earth from potential extraterrestrial sources of contamination.
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Lindsay Hays And Meenakshi Wadhwa Discuss Mars Sample Return (Podcast transcript)
Mars Sample Return Scientists Lindsay Hays and Meenakshi Wadhwa discuss the mission to return samples from the surface of Mars to Earth.
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Human-occupied Submersible Alvin Makes A Historic Dive
Today, the human-occupied submersible Alvin made history when it successfully reached a depth of 6,453 meters (nearly 4 miles) in the Puerto Rico Trench, north of San Juan, P.R. This […]
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Mapping Mars Perseverance Rover’s First Six Samples
This annotated map shows the locations where NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover collected its first witness tube and filled its first six samples.
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With First Martian Samples Packed, Perseverance Initiates Remarkable Sample Return Mission
With First Martian Samples Packed, Perseverance Initiates Remarkable Sample Return Mission NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth. On […]