
Video: 00:02:10 Detect, fetch and collect. A seemingly easy task is being tested to find the best strategy to collect samples on the martian surface, some 290 000 million km away from home. Testing technologies for Mars exploration is part of the daily job of Laura Bielenberg, an ESA graduate trainee for the Mars Sample Return campaign. The test takes place at the rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet at ESA's ESTECtechnical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The nickname of this test site...
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