In 1988 NASA drew up a daring plan: send robots to Mars, grab the soil, and fly it home. Two Titan rockets, a smart rover, an ascent vehicle and a orbital rendezvous - how the Mars Sample Return was supposed to work, explained simply.
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Footage: Mars Rover Sample Return Mission by NASA STI Program (U.S. public domain, via CC) - https://youtu.be/EE4ThqABoMo. Voiceover and edit are original for this channel.
