Humanity has been sending rovers and other types of gear to Mars for a pretty long time now. Yet all of them were intended to conduct science on the spot.
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An area near the base of an ancient river delta in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater will house backup samples from carefully selected rocks on the surface of Mars.