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Sample Return Missions

Sample Return Mission is a space exploration endeavor in which extraterrestrial materials are collected from celestial bodies and transported back to Earth for scientific analysis, distinguished from other missions by the intentional retrieval and return of physical samples to enable laboratory-based investigation.

255

Publications

8.5K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

452

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

65

Variants

Sample Return Mission

Parents

Publications

255

System design of the Hayabusa 2—Asteroid sample return mission to 1999 JU3

Yuichi Tsuda, Makoto Yoshikawa, Masanao Abe et al. · Acta Astronautica · 2013 · 457 citations

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A new method to determine the grain size of planetary regolith

Bastian Gundlach, Jürgen Blum · Icarus · 2012 · 241 citations · Full text

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The titanium contents of lunar mare basalts

T. A. Giguere, G. J. Taylor, B. R. Hawke et al. · Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 2000 · 222 citations · Full text

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Hayabusa2: Scientific importance of samples returned from C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3

Shogo Tachibana, Masanao Abe, Masahiko Arakawa et al. · GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL · 2014 · 149 citations · Full text

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The OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft and the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM)

E. B. Bierhaus, B. C. Clark, James W. Harris et al. · Space Science Reviews · 2018 · 144 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.6K

  1. PJ
    Peter Jenniskens

    Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States

    11 publications · 465 citations

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    h-index

  2. TU
    Tomohiro Usui

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    10 publications · 489 citations

    10

    h-index

  3. MM
    M. M. Grady

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 352 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. DP
    D. P. Glavin

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    9 publications · 453 citations

    9

    h-index

  5. MY
    Makoto Yoshikawa

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

    9 publications · 868 citations

    9

    h-index

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Institutions

452

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    24 h-index

    217 publications

    5.7K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    93 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    18 h-index

    54 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

    Tokyo, Japan

    18 h-index

    108 publications

    8.2K citations

  5. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    18 h-index

    60 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Johnson Space Center

    Houston, United States

    17 h-index

    71 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    17 h-index

    72 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Acta Astronautica

    18 publications · 932 citations

    14

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  2. Advances in Space Research

    18 publications · 568 citations

    13

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  3. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

    12 publications · 414 citations

    12

    h-index

  4. Meteoritics and Planetary Science

    12 publications · 672 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. Astrobiology

    12 publications · 351 citations

    12

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