An end-to-end sample acquisition and caching system has been built and tested with capabilities applicable to sample acquisition and caching for a potential 2018 mission to Mars to collect samples for eventual return to Earth. The system provides full capability to robotically perform the end-to-end sample acquisition and caching process including placing a sample tube in a coring bit, attaching the bit to the sampling tool, coring a rock and acquiring the core sample in the tube, transferring the bit to the caching mechanism, removing the sample tube from the bit, sealing the filled sample tube with a plug, and storing the tube in the sample cache canister. This paper describes the hardware and robotic steps for the sample acquisition and caching process.


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    Titel :

    Demonstration of autonomous coring and caching for a Mars sample return campaign concept


    Beteiligte:
    Backes, Paul (Autor:in) / Aldrich, Jack (Autor:in) / Zarzhitsky, Dimitri (Autor:in) / Klein, Kerry (Autor:in) / Younse, Paulo (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.03.2012


    Format / Umfang :

    1538969 byte





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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