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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - NASA is planning to fly the geological rock samples that the Perseverance Rover is collecting on Mars back to Earth on an unmanned... 27.07.2022, Sputnik International
Unlike their predecessor Ingenuity (pictured) that is on Mars, the new copters will feature wheels and grappling arms to collect rocks and Martian samples with the hopes of finding signs of ancient life.
NASA has changed the planned architecture for its Mars Sample Return Program, ditching a fetch rover in favor of two small helicopters.
The Mars Sample Return mission is a joint effort of NASA and ESA whose goal is to analyse the soil of Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is scouting for landing sites that could be used by spacecraft that will fly the rover's many Martian samples back to Earth.