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Mars 2020 Perseverance SCS SFM HW installation
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Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Sample Caching System Sterile Flight Model hardware was installed on the Mars Perseverance rover on May 21, 2020. The system includes 39 sample tubes. Each tube is sheathed in a gold-colored cylindrical enclosure to protect it from contamination. Perseverance rover will carry 43 sample tubes in total to Mars' Jezero Crater.
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Credit lineMars 2020 Perseverance SCS SFM HW installation. NASA/KSC, 2020-05-22. Public domain. ID: KSC-20200522-PH-JPL01_0001.