Backshell Prep for Curiosity Rover
August 1, 2012
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians process the backshell for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The spacecraft's backshell carries the parachute and several components used during later stages of entry, descent and landing of MSL's rover, Curiosity.
Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
July 15, 2011
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