NASA plans to launch two more small helicopters to Mars to help bring soil samples from the Red Planet collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth. So far, the rover is scheduled to take them to the rocket that transports the samples to our planet in about 10 years, reports AP..

But if the rover fails, two small aircraft will deliver the samples to the rocket instead.. They are planned to be built and launched to the Red Planet at the end of this decade..

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Small devices will be built in the image of the Ingenuity helicopter, which is now successfully operating on Mars and has already made 29 flights on the Red Planet.. However, the new models will have wheels and special "

Each of the helicopters will be designed to be able to carry one sample tube at a time..

That is, the aircraft will make several flights back and forth.

Perseverance has collected 11 Martian rock samples so far.. The latest sample so far, a sedimentary rock, is the most promising in terms of finding traces of extraterrestrial life..

Previously, the Perseverance rover took a “selfie” on the Red Planet with the help of its robotic arm, which also included Ingenuity. At the time of the picture, the rover was at a distance of four meters from the helicopter.