The document summarizes Leonardo's involvement in space exploration projects with ESA, including signing a contract with ESA for their PROSPECT lunar drilling and sampling package. It discusses Norman Bone as managing director of Airborne & Space Systems and outlines Leonardo's work on developing sampling and sample handling systems for future ESA planetary exploration missions aiming for sample return from Mars and Phobos.

1. Exploration Showcase:
Signature of the PROSPECT contract between ESA and Leonardo
Lunar drilling, sampling, and analysis package
Norman Bone – Managing Director Airborne & Space Systems

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Leonardo in the Solar System

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Leonardo in the Solar System

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Beyond 2020: sample return
Leonardo is studying and developing novel sampling and sample handling systems for the future
ESA planetary exploration missions, aiming at sample return.
- Capture and Sealing System (CSS) for the
ESA-NASA cooperation mission
Mars Sample Return
- Sample Acquisition Transfer and
Containment System (SATCS)
for Phobos Sample Return

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