Boosting Curiosity Rover's Atlas V
August 1, 2012
With a view taken from inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the final solid rocket motor hangs in an upright position for mating to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket which will carry NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.
Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossman
Sept. 15, 2011
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