@nasa
I have participated in several #NASAsocial events & highly recommend applying! It would be great to see some folks from the #Fediverse actively contributing.

#space #OSIRISREx #asteroid #SampleReturn

China is planning a #samplereturn mission to the #farside of the #moon in 2025. Chang'e 6 #change6 is similar to the Chang'e 5 #change5 mission that brought back samples from Oceanus Procellarum in 2020. But instead Chang'e 6 will land in the South Pole-Aitken Basin (SPA), specifically in the southern part of the Apollo basin.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-02038-1

Hackaday Links: July 16, 2023 - Last week, we noted an attempt to fix a hardware problem with software, which back... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/16/hackaday-links-july-16-2023/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #enginefailure #retrocomputer #perseverance #samplereturn #spaceshuttle #knocksensor #flyingcar #fullstack #bearings #endeavor #textile #slider #museum #recall #ford #loom #mars #kia

The total cost of the #Mars 🔴 #SampleReturn mission is now about $10 billion 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰. "Its #cost should not be allowed to undermine the long-term programmatic balance of the #planetary 🪐 portfolio." https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/the-mars-sample-return-mission-is-starting-to-give-nasa-sticker-shock

#NASA #ESA #SampleReturn Mars samples await challenging retrieval
We might finally be on track to receive rock samples from the surface of Mars — but only if NASA and the European Space Agency can pull off a fiendishly complex mission. NASA’s Perseverance rover has gathered tubes filled with rock, soil and air from the Martian atmosphere, all ready for pickup. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00927-z?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=c62387118c-briefing-dy-20230404&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-c62387118c-44513641

#NASA #ESA #SampleReturn Mars samples await challenging retrieval
We might finally be on track to receive rock samples from the surface of Mars — but only if NASA and the European Space Agency can pull off a fiendishly complex mission. NASA’s Perseverance rover has gathered tubes filled with rock, soil and air from the Martian atmosphere, all ready for pickup. https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php

@65dBnoise Somebody on Twitter actually had a good question: Why dropping those containers on various locations? Why does perceveranve not keep them until the return rover meets up with it? #mars #perseverance #samplereturn

@pokateo shoutout from Southern California. Just making sure the Perseverance rover knows where it is and getting ready to drop some rock sample tubes on Mars for later return to Earth. It’s going to be a stressful month starting soon and lasting all month. 😅
#Mars #SampleReturn #Perseverance #Maps

You know the first Mars sample depot is about to be made when all the swag arrives. 🤪
#Mars #MSR #SampleReturn #Swag #Mars2020

"The mission calls for a pair of launches in 2028 that would return a sample to Earth in July 2031. If successful, Tianwen-3 would be the first-ever robotic delivery of Mars samples to Earth."

https://www.planetary.org/articles/tianwen-3-china-mars-sample-return-mission

#Mars #China #SampleReturn #Space #Tianwen3

NASA, ESA unveil advanced architecture for Mars Sample Return https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/07/nasa-esa-msr-architecture/ #marssamplereturn #international #perseverance #samplereturn #ingenuity #european #featured #mars2020 #uncrewed #geology #mars

Cool. 😃

"On November 20, 2020 (Hawaiʻi Standard Time), the Subaru Telescope captured Hayabusa2 on its way back to Earth after exploring the asteroid (162173) Ryugu."

https://subarutelescope.org/en/news/topics/2020/11/25/2914.html

#Space #Exploration #Japan #Hayabusa2 #Asteroids #SampleReturn

@evilscientistca

Sample successfully stowed with a delivery target of 2023. 😃

"NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu
[...]
[T]he spacecraft is targeting delivery of the SRC to Earth on Sep. 24, 2023."

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-successfully-stows-sample-of-asteroid-bennu

#OsirisRex #Asteroids #SampleReturn

So, 2020 isn't a complete loss. 😃

"On August 10, 2020, JAXA was informed that the Authorisation of Return of Overseas-Launched Space Object (AROLSO) for the re-entry capsule from Hayabusa2 was issued by the Australian Government. The date of the issuance is August 6, 2020.

The Hayabusa2 re-entry capsule will return to Earth in South Australia on December 6, 2020 (Japan Time and Australian Time)."

https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2020/08/20200819-1_e.html

#Hayabusa2 #Japan #Australia #Asteroids #SampleReturn

Hayabusa2 is now within 1 AU (astronomical unit) from Earth and ready to return its sample sometime in late 2020. So, 2020 isn't a completely bad year. 🙂

"Yesterday, we celebrated 2000 days since launch. On the L+2000 day, the straight-line distance between the spacecraft & Earth was less than 1au (1 astronomical unit ~150 million km)."

https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1265176421690834946

#Space #Exploration #Asteroids #Hayabusa2 #SampleReturn