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Theme : Future projects - Exploration of the Solar System  (136 images)

Title : Five hundred kilometers above the Chryse Planitia region of Mars, an orbital platform uses a laser sensor to autonomously rendezvous with an approaching sample-return ascent stage

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Five hundred kilometers above the Chryse Planitia region of Mars, an orbital platform uses a laser sensor to autonomously rendezvous with an approaching sample-return ascent stage. The platform's robotic arm will remove the sample canister and store it with samples from other locations for delivery to Earth.