NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have established the Mars Sample Return Campaign Science group that consists of 16 researchers to maximize the scientific potential of rock and sediment samples that would be returned to Earth for in-depth analysis. This group will function as a science resource for the campaign’s project teams as well as for related Earth-based ground projects.
All 16 of these individuals will collectively be the standard-bearers for Mars Sample Return science and aim to build the roadmap by which science for this historic endeavor is accomplished. This includes establishing the processes for sample-related decision-making and designing the procedures that will allow the worldwide scientific community to become involved with these first samples from the Red Planet. It might even be able to work together with the United Arab Emirates Hope Probe, which is currently orbiting Mars.
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This strategic NASA and ESA partnership would be the first mission to return samples from another planet and the first launch from the surface of another planet. The samples collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover during its exploration of an ancient lakebed are thought to present the best opportunity to reveal clues about the early evolution of Mars,” said the agency.