Mars Sample Return (MSR) has been a high priority of the international planetary science community for decades. In recent years, significant programmatic advances have brought MSR closer to becoming a reality. In 2018, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a joint Statement of Intent to continue defining respective roles and responsibilities in the flight missions required to realize MSR. In October 2020, NASA and ESA formalized this partnership with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding for the MSR flight elements. The MSR campaign consists of M2020, two MSR flight elements and the ground-based infrastructure to receive, handle and curate the samples from Mars. In an engineering sense, MSR consists of a linked set of missions, and a concluding set of ground-based activities, that we refer to as the MSR Campaign.


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    Title :

    Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group Phase 2 (MSPG2): Overview & Interim Report


    Contributors:
    G. Kminek (author) / M. A. Meyer (author) / T. Haltigin (author) / D. W. Beaty (author) / B. L. Carrier (author) / C. Agee (author) / H. Busemann (author) / B. Cavalazzi (author) / C. Cockell (author) / V. Debaille (author)

    Conference:

    52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2021 ; Virtual, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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