Mars Sample Return

The world is trying to return samples from Mars for the first time ever

The samples might tell us if life ever developed somewhere other than Earth

I helped design the plan for how we're going to pull it off

It's going to take three missions to do it

The first mission has safely landed on Mars and is starting its operations

I'm now leading the team developing the science program for how to work with them when they get here

Key Publications

Haltigin et al. 2018. A draft mission architecture and science management plan for the return of samples from Mars. Astrobiology 18(S1), doi:10.1089/ast.2018.29027.mars (link)

Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group (MSPG) 2019. A framework for Mars returned sample science management. Unpublished white paper, posted12/11/19 at https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports.cfm?expand=mspg (link)

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