How to Bring Mars Sample Tubes Safely to Earth (Mars News Report)

NASA's Resilience As the organization works on the following procedures to send them safely back to Earth, the Mars rover is filling sample tubes with rocky material on the Red Planet.

The Perseverance rover's sample collection would be sent to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return effort for in-depth analysis. A worldwide interplanetary relay team, including the European Space Agency (ESA), is involved in the campaign. These samples may provide insight into a crucial query: Was life ever on Mars?

In order to ensure the secure return of the sample tubes, the work being done at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is described by Aaron Yazzie, a member of the Mars Sample Return effort.