NASA's capture, containment, and return system: Bringing Mars samples to Earth

B Sarli, E Bowman, G Cataldo, B Feehan, T Green… - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign is one of the most ambitious and
complex planetary science exploration missions ever pursued. With the participation of …

[HTML][HTML] The planetary protection strategy of Mars Sample Return's Earth Return Orbiter mission

G Cataldo, L Affentranger, BG Clement… - Journal of Space Safety …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Sample Return campaign aims to use three flight missions and one
ground element to safely bring rock cores, regolith and atmospheric samples from the …

Development of ballistic limit equations in support of the Mars sample return mission

WP Schonberg, MD Squire - Journal of Space Safety Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
NASA and ESA are currently planning the Mars Sample Return campaign, comprising
missions whose combined objective is to bring the first samples of Mars material back to …