Mars Sample Return

Overview

A planned NASA–ESA campaign to return the rock cores cached by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

Knowledge connections

• Operated byNASA
• Member of groupMars Exploration
• Associated withBackward Contamination
• Associated withSample Handling & Curation

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

• ESAEuropean Space Agency

  European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.