NASA Curation is tasked with the care and distribution of NASA's sample collections, such as the Apollo lunar samples and cometary material collected by the Stardust spacecraft. Curation is also mandated to perform Advanced Curation research and development, which includes improving the curation of existing collections as well as preparing for future sample return missions. Advanced Curation has identified a suite of technologies and techniques that will require attention ahead of Mars sample return (MSR) and missions with cold curation (CCur) requirements, perhaps including comet sample return missions.


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    Advanced Curation Preparation for Mars Sample Return and Cold Curation

    Fries, M. D. / Harrington, A. D. / McCubbin, F. M. et al. | NTRS | 2017


    Curation and Handling for a Mars Sample Return Mission

    Lussier, J. D. / Skiba, T. / Ziemlewski, J. I. et al. | NTRS | 2000