Mars-Next, a Mars Sample Return precursor mission

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Apr 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009eguga..11.8113m&link_type=abstract

"EGU General Assembly 2009, held 19-24 April, 2009 in Vienna, Austria http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009, p.8113"

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Mars Sample Return is a very challenging mission that presents several technical/operations problems that have never been faced before. Moreover MSR, even if based on two single launches by Ariane-5 class launcher, presents mass budget criticalities so that particular mass saving manoeuvres will likely be implemented; this is the case of Aerobraking for partial Target Orbit Acquisition (TOA) after the Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) manoeuvre. Mars-Next has the following objectives: • delivery at least 3 small landers for Network science • carry on 30 kg of P/L instruments for Orbital science. • perform Aerobraking and acquire experience on it for partial TOA • simulate in real environment the autonomous RendezVous and Capture phase of the Sample Container released in orbit, in the actual MSR mission, by the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) The Mars-Next program has started the Phase-A beginning 2008 under ESA contract.

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