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Body and Mast Units of ChemCam Instrument
The two main parts of the ChemCam laser instrument for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission are shown in this combined image.
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Spark Generated by ChemCam Laser During Tests
The ChemCam instrument for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission uses a pulsed laser beam to vaporize a pinhead-size target, producing a flash of light from the ionized material -- plasma -- that can...
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Moviemaker with Mars Rover 'Stunt Double'
A group watching motions of an engineering model of the camera mast for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on March 5, 2010, includes moviemaker James Cameron (right). Cameron is a member of the camera team ...
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Mars Science Laboratory's Cruise Stage in Test Chamber
Testing of the cruise stage for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory in August 2010 included a session in a facility that simulates the environment found in interplanetary space.
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Cruise Stage Testing for Mars Science Laboratory
Testing of the cruise stage for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory in August 2010 included a session in a facility that simulates the environment found in interplanetary space.
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Next Mars Rover Starts Rolling
A test operator in clean-room garb holds umbilical cables for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity during the rover's first drive test, on July 23, 2010.
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Close Look at Curiosity's First Drive
A test operator in clean-room garb observes rolling of the wheels during the first drive test of NASA's Curiosity rover, on July 23, 2010.
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Curiosity at Center of Attention During Test
Technicians and engineers in clean-room garb monitor the first drive test of NASA's Curiosity rover, on July 23, 2010.
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First Test Drive for Next Mars Rover
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Close-Up View of Curiosity's 'Head'
This image shows a close-up of the Curiosity rover's "head." At the top is a white box structure with a large red circle (the rover's laser called ChemCam) to the right. Beneath the box are two camera...
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Attaching Curiosity's Mast
In the clean room at JPL, engineers gather around the base of Curiosity's "neck" (the Mast) as they slowly lower it into place for attachment to the rover's "body" (the Wet Electronics Box, or "WEB")....
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Wheels Spinning
Engineers just installed six new wheels on the Curiosity rover, and rotated all six wheels at once on July 9, 2010. This milestone marked the first in a series of "tune ups" to get the rover ready for...
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New Wheels
In this picture, engineers are preparing Curiosity's wheels for installation. Six new wheels were installed onto the rover on June 28 and 29, in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsi...
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Wheel Installation
In this picture, the Curiosity rover sports a set of six new wheels. The wheels were just installed on June 28 and 29 in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,...
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Mars rover Curiosity with Newly Installed Wheels
Mars rover Curiosity, the centerpiece of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, is coming together for extensive testing prior to its late 2011 launch. This image taken June 29, 2010, shows the rover...
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Installation of Curiosity's Wheels and Suspension
With the wheels and suspension system already installed onto one side of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity the previous day, spacecraft engineers and technicians prepare the other side's mobility subsystem ...
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Laboratory-in-a-Box Has Uses on Mars, Earth, Elsewhere
Decades of work preparing a miniaturized laboratory for identifying minerals on Mars have also yielded spinoff versions with diverse applications on Earth and, possibly, the moon. This imag...
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Chemistry and Mineralogy Instrument Installed in Mars Rover
Members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory team carefully steer the hoisted Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument during its June 15, 2010, installation into the mission's Mars rover, Curiosity....
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Radar Testing for Mars Science Labotatory
April 2010 testing for a radar that will serve during the next landing on Mars.
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Testing of Mars Landing Radar near Lancaster, Calif.
This image shows April 9, 2010, testing for a radar that will serve during the next landing on Mars.