File:PIA25370-MarsPerseveranceRover-PossibleSampleReturnLandingSite.jpg

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English: PIA25370: Perseverance Scouts Landing Sites for Mars Sample Return Campaign

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to take this image of flat terrain in Jezero Crater. This is one possible site that NASA may consider for a Mars Sample Return lander that would collect Perseverance's samples of Mars rock and sediment in the future. The lander would serve as the launch platform for a Mars Ascent Vehicle that would blast off from Mars, delivering the samples to an orbiter as part of their journey to Earth for intensive study.

Choosing an area that lacks large rocks (especially those over 7 1/2 inches, or 19 centimeters, in diameter), sand dunes, and steeply angled terrain would go a long way toward easing the path for an MSR recovery vehicle to efficiently grab tubes before heading to the lander.
Date Taken on 11 July 2022
Source https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25370
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA25370.

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Mars Perseverance Rover - Possible Sample Return Landing Site

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