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KSC-2011-7311

NASA / KSC · 2011-10-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians, using an overhead crane, lower NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission cruise stage onto a rotation stand. The cruise stage provides solar power, thrusters for navigation, and heat exchangers to the rover during its flight from Earth to Mars.

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Credit lineKSC-2011-7311. NASA/KSC, 2011-10-08. Public domain. ID: 2011-7311.
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