<p>Perseverance has been in Mars since 2021, and I'm just wondering the mechanism through with it will return to earth.</p>

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2023-11-25T00:15:59.190Z
It won’t. See https://xkcd.com/695
Jon Custer
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2023-11-25T01:14:28.483Z
*Welcome to Stack Exchange!* You might be thinking of the future [Mars sample return mission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_sample-return_mission), where **the samples being collected by the Perseverance rover** will be collected, put into a small rrobotic rocket, launched to orbit, transferred to a waiting robotic spacecraft that will indeed return to Earth so that the Mars samples can be examined by scientists here on Earth. If that's what you are thinking of, I think you can go ahead and modify your question post (click edit) to clarify.
uhoh
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2023-11-25T01:15:11.430Z
For more on that, see a related question in Space Exploration SE [What precautions are planned to prevent samples returned from Mars crashing and releasing organisms into Earth's environment?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/45035/12102)
uhoh
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2023-11-26T01:51:21.897Z
You may want to check Space Exploration SE.
Nilay Ghosh
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How will NASA perseverance re-enter the earth from Mars
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# How will NASA perseverance re-enter the earth from Mars

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-24)

Perseverance has been in Mars since 2021, and I'm just wondering the mechanism through with it will return to earth.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It won’t. See https://xkcd.com/695  
> **username_2**: *Welcome to Stack Exchange!* You might be thinking of the future [Mars sample return mission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_sample-return_mission), where **the samples being collected by the Perseverance rover** will be collected, put into a small rrobotic rocket, launched to orbit, transferred to a waiting robotic spacecraft that will indeed return to Earth so that the Mars samples can be examined by scientists here on Earth. If that's what you are thinking of, I think you can go ahead and modify your question post (click edit) to clarify.  
> **username_2**: For more on that, see a related question in Space Exploration SE [What precautions are planned to prevent samples returned from Mars crashing and releasing organisms into Earth's environment?](https://space.stackexchange.com/q/45035/12102)  
> **username_3**: You may want to check Space Exploration SE.  

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