Why is the Perseverance rover depositing some of its samples on the surface of Mars?

Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 02, 2023 at 3:15 p.m. 6 Wait a minute, you dropped something! Credits NASA/JPL-Caltech/Thomas Appere Since mid-December, the Perseverance rover stopped several times to place on the ground tubes filled with samples drilled and collected during its two-year mission on Mars. It’s actually insurance, with ten tubes laid out in…

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