Vision System for the Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment and Return System (CCRS)

Brent Jon Bos; David Donovan; John Capone; Chen Wang; Terra Hardwick; Dylan Bell; Yuqing Zhu; Robert Podgurski; Bashar Rizk; Ireneusz Orlowski; Rachel Edison; David Harvey; Brianna Dizzon; Lindsay Haseltine; Kristoffer Olsen; Chad Sheng; Robert Bousquet; Luan Vo; Georgi Georgiev; Kristen Washington; Michael Singer; Stefan Ioana; Anloc Le; Elena Georgieva; Michael Hackett; Michael Ravine; Michael Caplinger; Phillip Coulter; Erin Percy; Charles Torisky; Jean Lauenstein; Kaitlyn Ryder; Michael Campola; Dillon Johnstone; William J. Thomes; Richard G. Schnurr; John McCloskey; Eugenia DeMarco; Ellen Lee; Calinda Yew; Bo Yang; Mingyu Han; Bartosz Blonski

doi:10.20944/preprints202404.1704.v1

How to cite: Bos, B.J.; Donovan, D.; Capone, J.; Wang, C.; Hardwick, T.; Bell, D.; Zhu, Y.; Podgurski, R.; Rizk, B.; Orlowski, I.; Edison, R.; Harvey, D.; Dizzon, B.; Haseltine, L.; Olsen, K.; Sheng, C.; Bousquet, R.; Vo, L.; Georgiev, G.; Washington, K.; Singer, M.; Ioana, S.; Le, A.; Georgieva, E.; Hackett, M.; Ravine, M.; Caplinger, M.; Coulter, P.; Percy, E.; Torisky, C.; Lauenstein, J.; Ryder, K.; Campola, M.; Johnstone, D.; Thomes, W.J.; Schnurr, R.G.; McCloskey, J.; DeMarco, E.; Lee, E.; Yew, C.; Yang, B.; Han, M.; Blonski, B. Vision System for the Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment and Return System (CCRS). Preprints 2024, 2024041704. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1704.v1 Bos, B.J.; Donovan, D.; Capone, J.; Wang, C.; Hardwick, T.; Bell, D.; Zhu, Y.; Podgurski, R.; Rizk, B.; Orlowski, I.; Edison, R.; Harvey, D.; Dizzon, B.; Haseltine, L.; Olsen, K.; Sheng, C.; Bousquet, R.; Vo, L.; Georgiev, G.; Washington, K.; Singer, M.; Ioana, S.; Le, A.; Georgieva, E.; Hackett, M.; Ravine, M.; Caplinger, M.; Coulter, P.; Percy, E.; Torisky, C.; Lauenstein, J.; Ryder, K.; Campola, M.; Johnstone, D.; Thomes, W.J.; Schnurr, R.G.; McCloskey, J.; DeMarco, E.; Lee, E.; Yew, C.; Yang, B.; Han, M.; Blonski, B. Vision System for the Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment and Return System (CCRS). Preprints 2024, 2024041704. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1704.v1

Abstract

The successful 2020 launch and 2021 landing of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Perseverance Mars rover initiated the first phase of the NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. The goal of the MSR campaign is to collect scientifically interesting samples from the Martian surface and return them to Earth for further study in terrestrial laboratories. The MSR campaign consists of three major spacecraft components to accomplish this objective: the Perseverance Mars rover, the Sample Retrieval Lander (SRL) and the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO). Onboard the ERO spacecraft is the Capture, Containment and Return System (CCRS). CCRS will capture, process and return to Earth the samples that have been collected after they are launched into Mars orbit by the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), which is delivered to Mars onboard the SRL. To facilitate the processing of the orbiting sample (OS) by CCRS we have designed and developed a vision system to determine the OS capture orientation. The vision system is comprised of two cameras sensitive to the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and two illumination modules constructed from broadband light emitting diodes (LED). Vision system laboratory tests and physics-based optical simulations predict CCRS ground processing will be able to correctly identify the OS post-capture orientation using only a single vision system image that is transmitted to Earth from Mars orbit.

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Vision System for the Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment and Return System (CCRS)

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