Mars Sample Return (MSR) continues to be a high priority in the planetary science community and a decades-long goal of international planetary exploration programs. Options for architectures and mission concepts are currently under study by NASA and ESA to find potential partnership opportunities to achieve MSR in the 2020s. The major elements of a potential MSR campaign have significant architectural flexibility and mission launch, arrival, and return options. The decision criteria often depend on mission design and functional allocations across many elements. This paper outlines the reference architecture and key trades among the campaign elements.
Potential campaign architectures and mission design challenges for near-term international Mars Sample Return mission concepts
2019-01-13
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Mars Sample Return Lander mission concepts
NTRS | 2019
|Mars Sample Return Lander Mission Concepts
NTRS | 2019
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