Perseverance has stashed four out of 10 planned samples at the Three Forks sample depot on Mars.
NASA scientists are especially looking for samples from locations that may have harbored microbial life billions of years ago, hoping traces of these microbes could still be detectable in the material. NASA and the European Space Agency will work together tofor detailed study, perhaps as early as 2033.
The stash at Three Forks is intended as a backup. Perseverance collects two samples from each of its target rocks, keeping one inside its belly. The primary goal is for the rover itself to deliver the samples to an incoming NASA lander, which will carry a rocket to blast the samples off the Martian surface.
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