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A sample acquisition and caching architecture has been developed for the proposed Mars 2020 mission that acquires samples directly into sample tubes in coring bits. Sample tubes are inserted and removed from the bits, seals are inserted into the tubes, and the tubes are placed in the sample canister. This paper describes initial algorithms, implementation, and test results where sample tube transfer...
The Minimum Scale Sample Acquisition and Caching (MinSAC) architecture has been developed to enable rover-based sample acquisition and caching while minimizing the system mass. The MinSAC architecture is a version of the previously developed Integrated Mars Sample Acquisition and Handling (IMSAH) architecture. The MinSAC implementation utilizes the sampling manipulator both for sampling and sample...
The 2011 Decadal Survey for planetary science released by the National Research Council of the National Academies identified Comet Surface Sample Return (CSSR) as one of five high priority potential New Frontiers-class missions in the next decade. The main objectives of the research described in this publication are: develop a concept for an end-to-end system for collecting and storing a comet sample...
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