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My rover is called the Noom Rover. The rover has many instruments to help it to gather lunar regolith. First, when the rover is ready to collect the soil, it lowers its head, using the rod attached to the wheel, and vacuums the regolith into its “mouth” and into a vial (which is connected to the “mouth” or vacuum). Because regolith is magnetic, inside the vial there is a coat of ferrofluid which makes the regolith stick to it and when a scientist wants a sample they can take a small grain or two. When dealing with how much soil you want, it all depends on how big or small the vial is that you attach to the rover’s vacuum. It obviously can not be too big but you don’t want it too small either. Altogether, I hope my rover will help the future Artemis moon base.