The little chopper traveled 203 feet (62 meters) on Dec. 17.
to the Red Planet later in the 2020s to help bring Perseverance's samples home to Earth.
The baseline plan for the Mars sample-return campaign calls for Perseverance to deliver its samples to a rocket-equipped lander. That rocket will launch the samples to Mars orbit, where a European spacecraft will snag them and haul them to Earth, perhaps as early as 2033. The helicopters will fly on the lander as a backup: If Perseverance isn't able to deliver the samples itself, the choppers will ferry them to the lander from" , a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter
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