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KSC-2011-7346

NASA / KSC · 2011-10-11 · 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 roll the heat shield beneath NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission aeroshell, (containing the compact car-sized rover Curiosity), for integration. Earlier, the aeroshell was mated to the cruise stage, which 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-2011-7346. NASA/KSC, 2011-10-11. Public domain. ID: 2011-7346.
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