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\nThis illustration shows a concept for a proposed NASA Sample Retrieval Lander that would carry a small rocket (about 10 feet, or 3 meters, tall) called the Mars Ascent Vehicle to the Martian surface.
\nCredits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/p>\n
\nThis illustration shows a concept for a proposed NASA Sample Retrieval Lander that would carry a small rocket (about 10 feet, or 3 meters, tall) called the Mars Ascent Vehicle to the Martian surface.
\nCredits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/p>\n
Sixteen scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Japan have been chosen to help future samples from the Red Planet achieve their full potential.<\/p>\n
The members of the Mars Sample Return Campaign Science Group are:<\/p>\n
Laura Rodriguez \u2013 NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Southern California
\nMichael Thorpe \u2013 Johnson Space Center Engineering, Technology and Science at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center, Houston \/ Texas State University, San Marcos
\nAudrey Bouvier \u2013 Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universit\u00e4t Bayreuth, Germany
\nAndy Czaja \u2013 Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati
\nNicolas Dauphas \u2013 Origins Laboratory, the University of Chicago
\nKatherine French \u2013 Central Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver
\nLydia Hallis \u2013 School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
\nRachel Harris \u2013 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Boston
\nErnst Hauber \u2013 Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center, Germany
\nSuzanne Schwenzer \u2013 School of Earth, Environment and Ecosystem Sciences, the Open University, UK
\nAndrew Steele \u2013 Earth and Planetary Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
\nKimberly Tait \u2013 Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
\nTomohiro Usui \u2013 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
\nJessica Vanhomwegen \u2013 Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats, Institut Pasteur, France
\nMichael Veibel \u2013 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University
\nMaria-Paz Zorzano Mier \u2013 Astrobiology Center, National Institute for Aerospace Technology, Spain
\nThe first Mars Sample Return Campaign Science Group meeting is scheduled for June 28-29.<\/p>\n
DC Agle
\nJet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.<\/p>\n
Karen Fox \/ Dewayne Washington
\nNASA Headquarters, Washington<\/p>\n
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