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to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in­depth analysis.

The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.

JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

For more about Perseverance:

mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

Andrew Good

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

818­393­2433

andrew.c.good@jpl.nasa.gov

Karen Fox / Alana Johnson

NASA Headquarters, Washington

301­-286­-6284 / 202-­358­-1501

karen.c.fox@nasa.gov / alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov

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