Mars rover Perseverance gearing up to cache samples for future return to Earth

Perseverance has socked away 14 drilled-out Mars rock cores to date — two apiece from seven target rocks — and it will likely drop half of them in a "depot" in November or December.

Mars rover Perseverance gearing up to cache samples for future return to Earth
Perseverance has socked away 14 drilled-out Mars rock cores to date — two apiece from seven target rocks — and it will likely drop half of them in a "depot" in November or December.