NASA and the European Space Agency are developing plans for one of the most ambitious campaigns ever attempted in space: bringing the first samples of Mars material safely back to Earth for detailed study. The diverse set of scientifically curated samples now being collected by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover could help scientists answer the question of whether ancient life ever arose on the Red Planet.
Bringing samples of Mars to Earth for future study would happen in several steps with multiple spacecraft, and in some ways, in a synchronized manner. This short animation features key moments of the Mars Sample Return campaign: from landing on Mars and securing the sample tubes to launching them off the surface and ferrying them back to Earth.
Animation is contributed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the European Space Agency, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Marshall Space Flight Center.
Learn more: https://mars.nasa.gov/msr
Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/MSFC
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I was thinking of NASA will send a "Witch" with Magical Broom to Mars to make In-Sight back to life. 😂😂
Phobos grunt would have been awesome.
Unbelievable and exciting. Good luck!
Great Anims, but such awefull music!
Please make that happen during my lifetime !
Looks simple enough!
We were just primates. Now we look at Mars and return. What an amazing journey for us, human beings❤️
Mars "simple" return 😄
Thumbs up and finger crossed.
Can't wait!
Will Percy capture video of that amazing launch??
Delivery Of The Martian Strains
Lot of moving parts, but I said that about the last Mars lander. So proud of my family.
Did you NOT see the movie LIFE!!! LOL looks cool.
Why did they go for a cold launch on Mars?
Too many components make it too easy for one to fail.
Get ready for the alien plague….
Of course none of this is going to happen if the rover isn't still working in the mid 2030s
Would love to see the tests of the little rocket deploy mechanism, to me it seems a bit much (?), why not a simple hyrolic piston get it at an angle and launch the rocket that way?
Anyway, Goodluck to the teams! Hope the mission is a succes!
That is fckng amazing!!!
KSP2 looking sick!
So that's small rocket can leave Mars but from earth Small rocket can't leave earth ?
This is EXACTLY what the Martians has been waiting for: A free trip to Earth!
Sehr ambitionierte Aktion!
Wall-e gibt es wirklich!
A spring-loaded launcher for the sample return rocket 🚀: SPROING!!!
That would so awesome to be a part of!
What size rocket is needed to blast off from Mars to leave the planet?
Great!!!!
When?
Too risky. Better to wait couple more years when Elon will have a his 'multiple planetary species' permanently manned Mars base built, with fully equipped soil test lab.
Sterilize them first?
Breaking news: MARS sample accidentally intercepted by Russian S-400 anti-air missile system. Russia claims it had nothing to do with it, fake news spread by the fascist NATO alliance 😉😉
if this works,
What!!!! Thats got to be one of the coolest video clips I have ever seen. I can not wait untill this is reality. Go NASA!
Fingers crossed❤
Incredible
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