"Our task is to help the mission to choose and decide the specific locations to get samples from after we land." This artist's concept shows the Mars helicopter Ingenuity flying, with the Perseverance rover in the distance. An elevation map of the Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's 2020 Mars Perseverance rover. Returning samples to EarthPerseverance has 43 tubes for collecting samples as it trundles along the surface of Mars. "Somewhere around the age of 13, I said, 'I want to be there when samples come back from Mars.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2020 07:52 UTC