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KSC-2011-5879
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians process the heat shield for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The spacecraft's heat shield, when joined with the backshell which carries the parachute and several components used during later stages of entry, descent and landing, is called an aeroshell. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V-541 configuration will be used to loft MSL into space.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2011-5879. NASA/KSC, 2011-07-15. Public domain. ID: KSC-2011-5879.
