Image: PIA23919-MarsPerseveranceRover-SampleTubes-20200520

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Description: PIA23919: Tubes for Mars https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23919 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7671 https://phys.org/news/2020-06-extraordinary-sample-gathering-nasa-perseverance-mars.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFyv8mtRPCA Engineers and technicians working on the Mars 2020 Perseverance team insert 39 sample tubes into the belly of the rover. Each tube is sheathed in a gold-colored cylindrical enclosure to protect it from contamination. Perseverance rover will carry 43 sample tubes to Mars' Jezero Crater. The image was taken at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 20, 2020. For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/.
Title: PIA23919-MarsPerseveranceRover-SampleTubes-20200520
Credit: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA23919.jpg
Author: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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