PIA05488: To Mars and Back
This artist's concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows the launch of the martian sample back toward Earth.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Mission:  Mars Sample Return 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Sample Return
 Product Size:  960 x 996 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05488.tif (2.151 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05488.jpg (116.1 kB)  

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This artist's concept of the proposed Mars Sample Return mission shows the launch of the martian sample back toward Earth. This image is part of a series designed to describe the current groundbreaking Mars Sample Return mission concept (see figure 1 below for a composite of the series), with a tentative launch date of 2013.

figure 1 for PIA05486
Figure 1: series composite

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
2004-03-02