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Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be considered for a journey to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
The mission has concluded that the solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years on the Red Planet.
NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science
The 10 sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface so they can be studied on Earth in the future carry an amazing diversity of Red Planet geology.
NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot
The agency’s Perseverance rover will establish the first sample depot on Mars.
NASA and ESA Agree on Next Steps to Return Mars Samples to Earth
The Mars lander’s seismometer has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past two years.
NASA's InSight 'Hears' Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars
The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and is yielding promising samples for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain
