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| has gloss | eng: A sample return mission is a spacecraft mission with the goal of returning tangible samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis. Sample return missions may bring back merely atoms and molecules or a deposit of complex compounds such as dirt and rocks. These samples may be obtained in a number of ways, including a collector array used for capturing particles of solar wind or cometary debris, soil and rock excavation, mining, and any other possible way for retrieving samples in the environment. |
| lexicalization | eng: Sample return missions |
| lexicalization | eng: sample return mission |
| subclass of | (noun) an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work mission, missionary station, missionary post, foreign mission |
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| has gloss | jpn: サンプルリターンは地球以外の天体や惑星間空間から試料(サンプル)を採取し、持ち帰る(リターン)ことである。試料は土砂や岩の状態で収集されることもあれば、宇宙塵のように粒子状のものもある。 |
| lexicalization | jpn: サンプルリターン |
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| media:img | Apollo 15 Genesis Rock.jpg |
| media:img | GenSC collection2 150dpi.jpg |
| media:img | Genesis Collector Array.jpg |
| media:img | MSR-Artist Concept.jpg |
| media:img | Particle captured in aerogel.jpg |
| media:img | SampleReturn01 br.jpg |
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