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Mars Sample Return Spacecraft Systems Architecture Mars Sample Return Spacecraft Systems Architecture H. Price, K. Cramer, S. Doudrick, W. Lee, J. Matijevic, S. Weinstein Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology T. Lam-Trong, 0. Marsal Centre National d’EtudesSpatiales R. Mitcheltree NASA Langley Research Center Abstract-The Mars Sample Return mission plans to collect sites onMars. The individual samples will bewell sets of samples from two different sites on Mars and return documented with in-situ measurements, so that the context them to Earth in 2008. The mission consists of 15 different of the samples is well understood, and they will be isolated vehicles and spacecraft plus twolaunch vehicles, with from each other in a sealed canister. The samples will be elements being provided bythe U.S, France, and Italy. launched into Mars orbit and retrieved by an Orbiter for return to Earth in 2008. These vehicles include two U.S. providedLanders, each with a sample collection Rover, Mars Ascent Vehicle, and In addition to returning samples for analysis on Earth, anOrbiting Sample satellite. Franceisproviding the significant in-situ science will beconducted. The Lander sample return Orbiter which carries a U.S payload for will include a suite of experiments to be performed on the sample detection and capture plus two Earth Entry Vehicles surface of Mars, including imaging. The Rover will feature for landing the samples on Earth. The Orbiter also delivers the Athena science payload to perform analyses of Martian four NetLanders to Mars for performingunique surface material plusits own imaging system. The Orbiter will science. deliver the NetLanders,which are 4 independentsmall landers with science payloads that will function together as Significant in-situ science is included. Newtechnologies a network onthe surface of Mars. are beingdeveloped to aerocapture into Mars orbit, to collect and safeguard the samples, to launch the samples 2. MISSIONOVERVIEW into Mars orbit, and to enableautonomous Mars orbit rendezvous and capturefor return to Earth. The initial MSRcampaign described in this paperis comprised of two launches, one in 2003 and one in 2005. TABLEOF CONTENTS Each of these flights will result in the placement of a single sample canister in Mars orbit, and each of these canisters 1. INTRODUCTION1. will contain about 500 grams of Martian rock and soil. The 2. MISSIONOVERVIEW 2005 launch will also include a French Orbiter which will 3. MISSIONSYSTEM DESCRIPTION rendezvous with, and capture, the two canisters. Eachof 4. DRIVINGREQUIREMENTS AND SCIENCE GOALS the Orbiting Samples (OS) will be placed into its own Earth 5. KEY TRADE STUDIES Entry Vehicle (EEV)for return to Earth. The EEV’s will be 6. LANDER delivered to their Earth re-entry trajectories by the Orbiter 7. ROVER and released. 8. MARS ASCENTVEHICLE 9. SAMPLE TRANSFER CHAIN 2003 Mission 10. ORBITER 11. NETLANDER The‘03 launch is ona US provided intermediate launch 12. ORBITING SAMPLE CAPTURE AND RETURN vehicle and sends one Lander System to Mars. The Lander 13. EARTH ENTRY VEHICLES will be targeted to a selected site between -5 deg and +15 14. KEY ISSUESAND CONCLUSIONS deg latitude. This allowable latitude range is driven by the 15. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS seasonal Mars solar conditionsand the powergeneration capabilities of the Lander.The Lander and Rover will 1. INTRODUCTION conduct a 90 day surface mission, collecting samples with both the Rover and with a Lander Based Sampler (LBS) TheMars Sample Return (MSR) mission, scheduled for system providedby Italy. launches in 2003 and 2005, is an ambitious plan to collect sets of scientifically valuable samples from two different . The nominal surface mission will conclude with the launch 2. Rover - A6 wheeled vehicle which is significantly of the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), placing the OS into larger than the Sojourner rover. Mars orbit with its preciouscargo of samples, awaiting 3. MarsAscent Vehicle (MAV) - Atwo stage launch retrieval by the French Orbiter. The Rover may conduct an vehicle which can place a 3.7 kg payload into Mars extended mission with a UHF radio link to Mars data relay orbit. The MAV solid rocket motor booster system is a assets such as Mars '01 and Mars Express. completelynew development managed by Kennedy Space Center. Key '03 mission dates are provided by Lee,et a1 [ 11: 4. OrbitingSample (OS) - A 16 cmdiameter spherical Launch - May '03 Martian satellite which contains a sealed sample set and 0 Lander Mars entry and landing - Dec. '03 has a radio beacon for location by the retrieval Orbiter in '06. 0 MAVlaunch - Mar. '04 2005 Mission The '05 mission contains the following major elements: 1. Lander - A build to print of the '03 Lander with some The '05 launch is on a French provided Ariane 5 which will minor science payload changes. deliver both a Lander System, an Orbiter, and 4 NetLanders 2. Rover - A build to print of the '03 Rover to Mars.The Lander will be targeted to a selected site 3. MAV - A build to print of the '03 MAV between +5 deg and +25 deg latitude, driven by the seasonal 4. OS - A build to print of the '03 OS Mars solar conditions and the power generation capabilities 5. Orbiter - A French supplied Orbiter which delivers 4 of the Lander. Like the '03 mission, the Lander and Rover NetLanders to Mars, aerocaptures into Mars orbit, and will conduct a 90 day surface mission, collecting samples retrieves the 2 OS. The Orbiter carries a US-provided with both the Rover and withthe Italian LBS. payload(OSCAR) with the necessaryequipment to detect and capture the OS. The nominal surface mission will conclude with the launch 6. NetLander - These 4 Landers are provided by France, of the MAV,placing the OS into Mars orbit, awaiting are delivered to Marsby the French Orbiter, and retrieval by the French Orbiter. The Rover may conduct an operate on the Martian surface as a network. extended mission. 7. Earth Entry Vehicle (EEV) - These 2 entry vehicles are provided by NASA Langley and each delivers one OS The Orbiter will search for the two OS by tracking their to the surface of the Earth for recovery. radio beacons, and the ground will determine the orbits so that the Orbiter can be commanded to the proper orbits to The masses of the major mission elements are provided in retrieve them. The terminal rendezvous and capture phases the table below, for the '05 mission. are autonomous. MSR Element Launch With the two OS captured and placed in their respective Mass (kg) EEV's, the Orbiter will propulsively return to Earth. The ,ander 1800 Orbiter will target the EEV's to the proper entry corridor Cruise Stage 100 and release them shortly beforeEarth entry. Then the Backshell 329 Orbiter will perform a deflection maneuver to miss the Heatshield 150 Earth. Lander Bus 66 1 Lander payload 390 Key '05 mission dates are provided by Lee,et a1 [l]: MAV 160 0 Launch - Aug. '05 Stage 1 119 0 Lander Mars entry and landing - Jul. '06 Stage 2 21 0 Orbiter Mars orbit aerocapture and insertion - Jul. '06 Launcher 20 0 NetLander Mars entry and landing - Jul. '06 Rover Systems 138 90 0 MAVlaunch - Oct. '06 Rover Support Equipment 48 0 Orbiter departure for Earth - Jun. '07 Sample Transfer Chain 47 0 EEV entry - Nov. '08 Orbiting Sample (OS) 3 Lander STC Equip. 29 3. MISSIONSYSTEM DESCRIPTION 15 The '03 mission contains the following major elements: Lander-Based Sampler 6 1. Lander - Derived from the Lockheed Martin Mars '01 Lander-Based Imaging 40 design. Additional Payloads Lander Propellant 170 A soft landingsystem was chosen over Mars Pathfinder 3rbiter (MPF) style airbags because of the amount of mass required Orbiter to be landed on Mars. The MPF system was not readily Orbiter Cruise Stage scalable to landing a 400 kg payload, whereas the Mars '01 Heatshield soft landingsystem was scalable without requiring Orbiter Propellant ~ extensive new technology developments. the soft landing Net Landers system was also estimated to be a lower mass design and OSCAR capable of providing more volume to the payload. Base Structure MORS A two-stage solid rocket MAV was chosen over a two-stage SCATS 24 liquid fueled MAV, because the lower mass fraction was Earth Entry Vehicle 50 more important than the higher specific impulse (Isp) of a liquid rocket system. There were also cost and technology SYLDA (to support Lander) 450 issues factoring into this trade. Direct capture of the OS Launch Adapters 250 was chosen over a docking and transfer operation because the former approach resulted in lower mass, lower Total Launch Mass 5200 complexity, and lower cost. 6. LANDER 4. DRIVINGREQUIREMENTS AND SCIENCE GOALS The designof the MSR lander is focused on satisfying Planetary Protection several key functional requirements. First, the lander must deliver a payload that supports sample collection operations Marsmust be protected from forward contamination by to the surface of Mars. Second, the lander must support at Earth organisms, to the degree practical usingcurrent least 90 Martian days (sols) of surface activities geared standards and processes. More importantly, Earth must be toward the collection of at least 500 grams of samples. protected from the uncontrolled release of any unsterilized Finally, the lander must enable the launch of the collected Martian material. samples intolow-Mars orbit. Satisfaction of these requirements led to a design resulting in the largest Samples spacecraft that will ever to touch down on the surface of the The requirement is to return 500 grams of Martianrock Red Planet. With a launch mass of 1850 kg and a landing fragments and soil to Earthwith sufficient diversityand mass of nearly 1065 kg, the lander's weight on the surface context to characterize the geology of the landing site area.
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