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

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is flling sample tubes
with rocky material on the Red Planet as the agency
works on the next steps to get them safely back to
Earth.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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/