Space / 2019-08-15
Cache and Carry
NASA's image library records Cache and Carry.
The bit carousel, which lies at the heart of Sample Caching System of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, is attached to the front end of the rover in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The carousel contains all of the tools the coring drill uses to sample the Martian surface and is the gat
A CLOSER LOOK
The bit carousel, which lies at the heart of Sample Caching System of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, is attached to the front end of the rover in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The carousel contains all of the tools the coring drill uses to sample the Martian surface and is the gateway for the samples to move into the rover for assessment and processing. The image was taken on Aug. 5, 2019. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23319
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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
NASA Image and Video LibraryCache and CarryOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.