A NASA video of the Mars sample return mission as is recently planned. Watch it for the launch of the return rocket, if nothing else.

Samples are being collected by the Perseverance rover presently. Two sets of samples are being collected. One will be dropped by the rover at a convenient location, one will stay with the rover in the hope Perseverance will still be operational, when the return vehicle arrives and can deliver the samples directly. Alternative option will be using a helicopter like Ingenuity that is flying with the rover to collect the dropped cache.



BTW, NASA is serious about that method of launch!