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Next phase reached in definition of Mars Sample Return mission
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Indeed an awkard looking spacecraft and this 'thing' had a weight of almost 2000 kilograms with the ascent stage over 500 kilograms... and the upper 'ball' (in fact the sample re-entry capsule) had a diameter of 30 centimeters... of course the whole thing 'only' had to escape the Moon's gravity
![]() When we compare the 1971 Mars 2 or 3 spacecraft configuration, it looks almost identical to the Luna 9 or 13 surface capsules. So probably a Soviet-Russian MSR craft might have looked like the 'ugly' Luna 16? |
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