Curiosity Rover's Payload
August 1, 2012
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, all spacecraft elements of the Mars Science Laboratory mission have come together. The top portion is the cruise stage; next, the aeroshell (containing the compact car-sized rover, Curiosity); and on the bottom, the heat shield.
Image credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
Oct. 11, 2011
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