The Mars Sample Return Analogue Collection

The Mars Sample Return Analogue Collection

The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero crater on February 18th, 2021, and sealed the first sample for Mars Sample Return (MSR) later that summer. As of sol 1088, 23 rock cores have been collected across a diverse set of lithologies that span rock types from sedimentary to igneous. A...

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Hauptverfasser: Thorpe, M T, Velbel, M. A., Hauber, E, Tait, K T, Thiessen, F, Sefton-Nash, E, Glavin, D P, Hutzler, A, Czaja, A D, Dauphas, N, Hallis, L, Steele, A, Kminek, G, Beaty, D W, Hays, L E, Carrier, B L, Haltigin, T, Bouvier, A, French, K, Harris, R L, Rodriguez, L E, Schwenzer, Susanne Petra, Usui, T, Harrington, A D
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Sprache:eng
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Astronomy
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
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Zusammenfassung:The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero crater on February 18th, 2021, and sealed the first sample for Mars Sample Return (MSR) later that summer. As of sol 1088, 23 rock cores have been collected across a diverse set of lithologies that span rock types from sedimentary to igneous. As the cache on Perseverance continues to grow, the overall portfolio of MSR expands, creating long lasting implications for a wide net in the scientific community as well as supporting detailed analyses for generations to come. To best prepare for these precious samples to return to Earth one day, NASA and ESA are jointly planning to create a MSR Analogue Collection that will be available to the community in the near future.