Abstract This paper will provide an overview of current options and specific concepts for a potential Mars Sample Return (MSR) architecture being jointly studied by NASA and ESA. Overall objectives and mission options will be described, including the architecture's constraints and notional timelines. The paper will highlight architecture-level trade studies, including specific elements and their status. The overall Sample Retrieval Lander (SRL) mission concept, including vehicle options will be described, including the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), Sample Fetch Rover (being studied by ESA), Orbiting Sample container (OS), and tube transfer robotics systems. The concept and status of the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) mission, being studied by ESA, and the Capture/Containment and Return System (CCRS) which would be the payload on the ERO, will be discussed. The information provided about possible Mars sample return architectures and concepts is for planning and discussion purposes only. NASA and ESA have made no official decisions to implement Mars Sample Return.
Highlights -Campaign objectives. -Campaign-level description of MSR. -Phases of mission concept of operations. -Definition of reference baseline.
Mars Sample Return Campaign Concept Status
Acta Astronautica ; 176 ; 131-138
2020-06-12
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Mars sample return , Sample retrieval lander , Earth return orbiter , Break-the-Chain , (BTC) , Capture/Containment and Return System , (CCRS) , Delta Velocity , (DV) , Earth Return Orbiter , (ERO) , Entry Descent and Landing , (EDL) , European Space Agency , (ESA) , Gross Lift Off Mass , (GLOM) , In-Situ Resource Utilization , (ISRU) , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , (JPL) , Mars Ascent Vehicle , (MAV) , Mars Returned Sample Handling , (MRSH) , Mars Sample Return , (MSR) , Marshall Space Flight Center , (MSFC) , Mars 2020 Rover , (M2020) , Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen , (MON) , MAV Payload Assembly , (MPA) , Model-Based Systems Engineering , (MBSE) , National Environmental Policy Act , (NEPA) , Orbiting Sample container , (OS) , Probabilistic Risk Assessment , (PRA) , Propulsive Platform Lander , (PPL) , Project Implementation Plan , (PIP) , Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties , (QMU) , Sample Fetch Rover , (SFR) , Sample Retrieval Lander , (SRL) , Sample Transfer Arm , (STA) , Sky Crane Delivered Lander , (SDL) , Ultra High Frequency , (UHF)
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