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

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is filling
sample tubes with rocky material on the Red
Planet as the agency works on the next steps to
get them safely back to Earth.
The Mars Sample Return campaign would bring
samples collected by the Perseverance rover to
Earth for detailed study. The campaign involves
an international interplanetary relay team,
including the European Space Agency (ESA).
These samples could answer a key question:
did life ever exist on Mars?
Aaron Yazzie, who works on the Mars Sample
Return campaign, explains the work being done
at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to ensure
the safe return of the sample tubes.
For more information on Mars Sample Return,
visit mars.nasa.gov/msr/