This NASA Rocket Is Bringing the First Alien Rocks Back From Mars

NASA and the European Space Agency are bringing the first samples from another planet back to Earth, with the help of two helicopters, a mini rocket and a new Mars lander. CNET's Claire Reilly breaks down how the ambitious program will work.

0:00 Mars Sample Return Mission
0:49 Perseverance Lands
1:21 Ingenuity Flies
2:01 Sample Caching System
2:27 One Sample, Three Robots
3:17 Sample Retrieval Lander
4:14 Using Ingenuity
4:40 The Sample Transfer Arm
4:56 Launching A Rocket From Mars
5:13 Earth Return Orbiter
5:36 Testing The Samples On Earth
6:36 Searching For Life On Mars
7:22 Prepping For Human Missions To Mars

[DannerBanks]

"Perseverance has kind of been acting like your uncle at Costco - hoovering around and picking up samples" LOL

[JJs_playground]

Lmfao @ "like your uncle at Costco, wandering around hoovering up samples". Brilliant.

[JJs_playground]

They already made that movie. It's called *LIFE* .

[Jezee]

Jeez I thought we were talking months till launch, 2028! I had assumed that the stuff to retrieve the samples was already being made alongside the rover so it would be ready to go after Perseverance was done it's mission! I'll be an old man by the time they get those samples home!

[sophiajas]

Unlocking Mars's secrets in 11 years should have been the title. I am excited but the timeline for such a successful space mission is getting to me.

[ianhobbs]

Bringing Martian rock back then gives the opportunity to compare them with Martian rock samples already found on earth and give more credence to the massive collision Mars appears to have experienced in the distant past.

[Rocky]

This is way cool but it’s taking way too long. 11 years without delays is the earliest we’ll have samples? I hoped we’d have a person on Mars by then. I think at age 56 that I’ll be dead before we land someone on Mars. I’m totally bummed.

[karlnielsen]

Over eleven years to get a few small samples back?!?!?! I was thinking would we get people to Mars and back with significant samples before then.

[eltahan]

all the best camera-man filming the journey to us

[owenpancoast]

“Are we about to find out what Mars smells like?” Is something I never thought I’d ever hear someone say.

[GRosa]

This is amazing but let’s just save the money so we can go there. I really wanna see people on Mars before I die, and I’m already 51

[competitivemind]

ma'am, your speaking skill accompanied with facial expression is commendable ❤

[newibas]

Can't wait to follow up these processes

[bobleece]

This is about as exciting as bringing back moon rocks. Trust me the novelty wears off after a while. What would really be exciting is a human colony on Mars.

[Tezorus]

Imagine beeing the first human opening one of this sealed content with martian materials in it ...
Tbh I would probably cry a bit.

[ajjoshi]

Elon plans to get people to mars before these guys can get a sample back 🤯

[Matrịx.-os]

Was that a predator ref there w the get to the chopper 😅

[MickeyCarcases]

This is how we die isn’t it? There is gonna be some sort of microbe in the samples that will attach to one of the scientist and it’s all downhill from there. Have you never seen Venom? Lol

[Jzguan]

it's taking too long.. hope there's great progress =) excited

[htxsupercrewons]

Do you want Zombies? Because this is how you get Zombies