MarcoPolo-R near earth asteroid sample return mission

MarcoPolo-R is a sample return mission to a primitive Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) proposed in collaboration with NASA. It will rendezvous with a primitive NEA, scientifically characterize it at multiple scales, and return a unique sample to Earth unaltered by the atmospheric entry process or terrestri...

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Main Authors: Michel, P., Böhnhardt, H., Campo Bagatin, A., Cerroni, P., Dotto, E., Fitzsimmons, A., Lara, L.-M., Licandro, J., Marty, B., Muinonen, K., Nathues, A., Oberst, J., Robert, F., Saladino, R., Ulamec, S., Zolensky, M., Barucci, Maria Antonietta, Cheng, A. F., Benner, L. A. M., Bland, P. A., Brucato, J. R., Franchi, I. A., Green, S. F., Rivkin, A. S., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Binzel, Richard P
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106489