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

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