NASA to Launch 2 More Choppers to Mars to Help Return Rocks

NASA to Launch 2 More Choppers to Mars to Help Return Rocks
The Perseverance Mars rover, foreground, and the Ingenuity helicopter about 4 meters behind, on April 6, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via AP
The Associated Press
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA is launching two more mini helicopters to Mars in its effort to return Martian rocks and soil samples to Earth.

Under the plan announced Wednesday, NASA’s Perseverance rover will do double duty and transport the cache to the rocket that will launch them off the red planet a decade from now.