Camera, hand lens, and microscope probe

Camera, hand lens, and microscope probe (CHAMP) is a microscope capable of color imaging with a spatial resolution ranging from infinity imaging down to 2.9 μm per pixel. The instrument was originally developed through the Mars Instrument Development Program (MIDP) in support of robotic field investigations, and was an instrument proposed for use on the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory rover mission to Mars. The instrument would allow the examination of Martian surface features and materials (terrain, rocks, soils, samples) on spatial scales ranging from kilometers to micrometers, thus enabling both microscopy and context imaging with high operational flexibility.
The original MIDP version of CHAMP was designed to be mounted on a robot arm.
It was subsequently further developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
A hybrid version known as CHAMP-SLS (scannable laser spectrometer) was developed as part of the Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatile Extraction (RESOLVE) programme, which was again designed to be mounted on a robot arm.

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