Report of the Science Community on the Proposed First Sample Depot for the Mars Sample Return Campaign

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Authors: David Beaty, Audrey Bouvier, Brandi Carrier, Andrew D. Czaja, Nicolas Dauphas, Sam Edwin, Kenneth Farley, Kate French, Daniel P. GLAVIN, L. J. Hallis, Timothy HALTIGIN, Andrea D. Harrington
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DOI: 10.48667/2kzs-ep56
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Abstract

Paper published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science reporting on the Mars 2020/Mars Sample Return (MSR) Sample Depot Science Community Workshop, which was held on September 28 and 30, 2022. The Workshop assessed the Scientifically-Return Worthiness (SRW) value of the full collection of samples acquired by the rover Perseverance at Jezero Crater, and of a proposed subset of samples to be left as a First Depot at a location within Jezero Crater called Three Forks

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Planetary Science and Exploration Astro and Planetary Science Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

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Astrobiology Habitable Environments Database
Publication date
19 January 2026
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