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The First Mission To Return Samples From Another Planet Will Land On Earth In 2033. The Plan Is To Send A Lander Carrying 2 Sample Recovery Helicopters. The Perseverance Rover Will Then Transport The Samples To The Lander. But If The Rover Can’t Transport The Samples, Then The 2 Helicopters Will Be Tasked With Retrieving The Samples.

First Mars samples set to land on Earth in 2033 – CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/world/mars-sample-return-2033-scn/index.html

The first samples from Mars, collected by the Perseverance rover, will be returned to Earth in 2033. The Mars Sample Return missions now also include two helicopters similar to Ingenuity.