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Fig. 5

From: A curation for uncontaminated Hayabusa2-returned samples in the extraterrestrial curation center of JAXA: from the beginning to present day

Fig. 5

Schematics of the CCs for Hayabusa2-returned samples. a A cross section of a side view of CC3-1 and CC3-2. CC3-1 is equipped with a container opening system. The container opened in CC3-1 under vacuum would be transferred to the CC3-2. The CC3-2 has three container handling stages to open and remove the cover of the chamber A of the sample catcher, remove a few grains inside the chamber A of the catcher, and transfer the catcher with the remaining samples to CC3-3. b A cross section at the position of the stage 1. A cover plate of the chamber A of the catcher was opened at this stage. c A cross section at the position of the stage 2. A few mm-sized grains inside the chamber A of the catcher were removed at this stage. d A cross section at the position of the stage 3. The catcher including samples was transported to CC3-3 from this stage

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