Mars Orbiting Sample Retrieval Testbed

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2002 Phase II

Mars Orbiting Sample Retrieval Testbed

Payload Systems, Inc

Cambridge, MA

INNOVATION

Mars orbiting sample canister retrieval testbed

Zero Gravity Sample Canister Capture
Demonstration on NASA’s C-9 “Vomit Comet”

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Modified a spacecraft flight testbed originally developed for demonstrating metrology, formation flying and autonomy algorithms aboard the International Space Station for a Mars sample retrieval mission technology demonstration

COMMERCIALIZATION

Rendezvous and docking technology for the purpose of re-supply, maintenance, and upgrading of orbital assets for DoD missions
Future NASA Mars sample return mission application

GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS

Received $175,000 for zero gravity flight demonstration
Autonomous retrieval of a orbiting sample is one of the most technically complex challenges facing a Mars sample return mission

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