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Sample-return mission

A sample-return mission is a spacecraft mission to collect and return samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis. Sample-return missions may bring back merely atoms and molecules or a deposit of complex compounds such as loose material and rocks. These samples may be obtained in a number of ways, such as soil and rock excavation or a…

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Sample-return missions

Methods of sample return

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Sample-return mission

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related to First missions · 24
Sample-return mission → Although, Apart, Apollo, Houston, In, In July, July, June, Kosmos, Later, Luna, Luna E-8-5 No, Luna E-8-5M No, Lunar, Lunar Receiving Laboratory, Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility, Moon, Solar System, Soviet, Surveyor
related to 2010s and 2020s · 14
Sample-return mission → Earth, Hayabusa, In June, In November, It, Itokawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Mars, November, Pacific Ocean, Phobos, S-type, The Russian Fobos-Grunt
related to Scientific use · 14
Sample-return mission → Dawn, Earth, Further, HED, However, Rheasilvia, Samples, Similarly, Solar System, These, This, Until, Vesta, While
related to Planetary protection · 10
Sample-return mission → Carl Sagan, COSPAR, Earth, ESF, For, Joshua Lederberg, Mars, NRC, Planetary, This
related to Future missions · 9
Sample-return mission → CNSA, Earth, JAXA, Mars, MMX, Phobos, Phobos's, This, Thus
related to Robotic excavation and return · 8
Sample-return mission → Chinese Chang'e, Earth, Furthermore, High, Soviet Luna, The, This, While
is a · 1
Sample-return mission → spacecraft mission to collect and return samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis

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Sample-return missionis aspacecraft mission to collect and return samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis0.90text
loose materialinstance ofSample-return missions may bring back merely atoms and molecules or a deposit of complex compounds0.80text
rocksinstance ofSample-return missions may bring back merely atoms and molecules or a deposit of complex compounds0.80text
those expelled by the Sun through the solar windinstance offast-moving atoms0.80text
but can also be used for collection of larger particles such as those found in the coma of a cometinstance offast-moving atoms0.80text
Sample-return missionrelated to 2010s and 2020sIn June0.60section
Sample-return missionrelated to 2010s and 2020sJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency0.60section
Sample-return missionrelated to 2010s and 2020sJAXA0.60section
Sample-return missionrelated to 2010s and 2020sHayabusa0.60section
Sample-return missionrelated to 2010s and 2020sEarth0.60section
Sample-return missionrelated to 2010s and 2020sS-type0.60section
Sample-return missionrelated to 2010s and 2020sItokawa0.60section

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