NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Equipped with Ultra-Clean Sample Tubes

One key activity for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, which is on its way to the Red Planet, will be to collect samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) for future return to Earth.

Because scientists want to be confident that any signs of ancient life they might observe in samples returned to Earth are from Mars, not Earth, Perseverance's Sample Caching System -- including the tubes the samples go in -- had to be the cleanest set of components humankind has ever launched into space. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory met the challenge.

A future mission, which involves a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, will return the samples to Earth. The Perseverance rover is set to land on the surface of Mars on February 18, 2021.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

[JakeVoorhees]

This is so cool, I need to be making more videos about this stuff, thanks JPL !

[Rohit-ozor]

These tubes ensure future funding for NASA to bring back the samples - ingenious move!

[icare]

“Problems are opportunities for creative thinking and collaborative resolution.”
-Kent Pull

[nicolasfranchino]

I am going to make a video in Spanish of the Mars 2020 mission. Surely I am going to use some animations that appear in these videos, although of course, I am going to give credit for all the sequences. Greetings

[andybarnes]

Hope you all realise that when you move in a clean room suit, you pump skin flake laden air out of the face opening

[evkapoc]

Did You ever calculate deceleration value before announcing all these figures ?
looks like I am watching Hollywood but not NASA....

[softb]

Then when they find it they’ll say it got contaminated l
Lol

[railgap]

So they made 200 of these tubes before they had six good ones?

[mr]

Imagine if Corona came from outer place from other recharge company and it would be a secret mission not telling anyone about they sending rocket In space

[gepgeps]

Yours is not a job, it’s a dream for the entire world! Thanks 🙏

[hamidelhyaoui]

Greetings and greetings to all members of scientific research who are keen on advancing science at NASA. And the jpl team

[mlvc_Toaster]

So excited! I will be watching at school hopefully!

[beanachiever]

Waiting for the Artemis mission 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[pamshearer]

Good Morning, NASA🚀
Thank you so much for sharing this very interesting information with everyone !
Happy Holidays & Season greetings
🎅⛄🎄12/21/2020🎄⛄🎅

[hamidelhyaoui]

لقاء تاريخي نثق فيه بجهود فريق JPL فبراير المقبل.
تم وضع علامة على هذا اللقاء على أنه هبوط مثابرة على المريخ

[FunnyDrMom]

You people are really very talented.., I hope one day my son will get a chance to work with you . My dream 😍!!!

[antonioaccorsi]

I did not imagine the complexity of this operation, thank you JPL for sharing information of this magnitude. I will not take my eyes off the screen to be able to follow the evolution of the mission of our dear Perseverance Rover.

[DifferentSaturner]

What if after the probe lands there they find out that those tubes are still contaminated!

[hamidelhyaoui]

A historic meeting we trust the efforts of the jpl team next February.
This encounter has been marked as Perserverance landing on Mars

[brokejaw]

Hey guys we got the samples back! Lets analyze them! Ok lets see it looks like there's some microbes....its...its...THE CORONAVIRUS?!?! Who didn't quarantine!!!?!