Mars Sample Transfer Testbed

Establish a testbed and develop robotic technology to demonstrate capability to retrieve a surface cache of Mars samples and deliver that cache to a Mars Ascent Vehicle. The task will assess the requirements for a testbed to study the retrieval of a Mars sample cache from the Martian surface, or from a Mars caching rover, and subsequent delivery of that cache to the upper stage of a Mars Ascent Vehicle for launch into Mars orbit.  The testbed will be implemented and used to develop and demonstrate prototype architectures and technologies for cache retrieval and transfer.

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metadata_created 2025-12-02T10:44:58.354927
metadata_modified 2025-12-02T10:44:58.354932
notes <p>Establish a testbed and develop robotic technology to demonstrate capability to retrieve a surface cache of Mars samples and deliver that cache to a Mars Ascent Vehicle.</p> <p>The task will assess the requirements for a testbed to study the retrieval of a Mars sample cache from the Martian surface, or from a Mars caching rover, and subsequent delivery of that cache to the upper stage of a Mars Ascent Vehicle for launch into Mars orbit.&nbsp; The testbed will be implemented and used to develop and demonstrate prototype architectures and technologies for cache retrieval and transfer.</p>
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title Mars Sample Transfer Testbed