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A mobility prototype for the Mars sample recovery helicopter is demonstrated with a return sample tube for the Mars Sample Return mission in the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on April 11, 2023. - NASA scientists at the Jet propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working hard to meet their deadlines for the next space exploration missions. Americans are confident they will be able to bring back samples from Mars around 2033 in a capsule that will have to crash on Earth while keeping the samples safe. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)