NASA Astrobiology Institute

What really sets this mission apart is that Perseverance will be collecting a suite of samples to be returned to Earth via a Mars Sample Return mission. The opportunity to bring back samples from another planet will allow our researchers to interrogate them with all of the sophistication and thoroughness that Earth-based instrumentation provides. NASA's Mars 2020 mission is the next step in NASA's long-term robotic exploration of Mars.

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What really sets this mission apart is that Perseverance will be collecting a suite of samples to be returned to Earth via a Mars Sample Return mission. The opportunity to bring back samples from another planet will allow our researchers to interrogate them with all of the sophistication and thoroughness that Earth-based instrumentation provides. NASA's Mars 2020 mission is the next step in NASA's long-term robotic exploration of Mars.

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