AbstractRosetta is a correrstone mission of the science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) and it has been studied as a collaborative project with NASA. The major scientific objectives of Rosetta is to return cometary samples to Earth. About 20 kg of cometary material from up to 3m below the surface would be made available to the scientific community for analysis. Since relatively little is known a priory about the environment to be expected, the mission design must be based on a limited body of knowledge and rely on autonomy. The paper outlines the main mission characteristics and the experimental approach to demonstrate the mission feasibility.


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    Title :

    Challenges of the rosetta sample return mission


    Contributors:
    Atzei, A. (author) / Hechler, M. (author) / Schwehm, G. (author) / Mitchell, R. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 14 , 12 ; 197-205


    Publication date :

    1994-01-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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