A piece of Mars is returning (1 Viewer)

[Lila]

A Martian meteorite called Sayh al Uhaymir 008, or SaU 008, which was found in Oman in 1999 is being prepared for return to the surface of Mars. According to the article:

SaU008 will be the first Martian meteorite to have a fragment return to the planet's surface, though not the first on a return trip to Mars.
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor included a chunk of a meteorite known as Zagami. It's still floating around the red planet on board the now-defunct orbiter....
The next NASA mission to Mars is planned to launch in summer 2020, when Earth and Mars are in good positions relative to each other, meaning it will take less power for the spacecraft carrying the rover to travel between the planets.

When I saw the article's title my immediate reaction was "Hmm, a piece of Mars being returned to Mars. That sounds like a piece of something fitting back into place, something that took a long time to return." The authors of the article surmise that it took a million years for the meteorite to get to Earth and that it's trip back should be far shorter.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/february/museum-to-mars-a-meteorite-returns-home.html
Thanks to Toller for the link to the museum

 

[Laron]

The Mars 202 Rover from the article. You can find out more about the rover here: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/