CacheCam

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CacheCam is a specialized camera on NASA's Perseverance rover designed to document and inspect rock and soil samples destined for potential return to Earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mars rover instrument
camera
scientific instrument
associatedWith Mars Sample Return campaign
sample caching system
bodyImaged regolith samples
rock cores
contributesTo geological science objectives of Mars 2020
planetary protection documentation for samples
dataType images
inspection imagery
designedFor Mars surface operations
sample documentation
sample inspection
environment Martian surface
landingDateOnMars 2021-02-18
launchDate 2020-07-30
launchVehicle Atlas V 541 (via Perseverance rover)
locatedOn Perseverance rover
surface form: Mars 2020 Perseverance rover
mission Mars 2020
surface form: Mars 2020 mission
mountedOn Perseverance sample caching system
operator NASA
partOf Perseverance rover
partOfSubsystem Perseverance sample caching subsystem
planet Mars
primaryFunction document rock samples
document soil samples
inspect cached samples
support sample return campaign
purpose aid in selection of samples for Earth return
ensure traceability of collected samples
provide visual record of sample condition
spaceAgency Jet Propulsion Laboratory
surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
status operational
supports future sample return to Earth
supportsActivity sample caching
sample tube sealing verification
sample tube storage documentation
targetBody Martian rocks
Martian soil
usedFor imaging sample tubes
recording sample collection process
verifying sample integrity

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Perseverance rover hasCamera CacheCam