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KSC-2011-6708
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the high bay of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, still connected to the turning fixture, rests on a support base following the MMRTG fit check on the Curiosity rover. A mobile plexiglass radiation shield is in place between the MMRTG and the spacecraft technicians, at right, to help minimize the employees'
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2011-6708. NASA/KSC, 2011-07-13. Public domain. ID: KSC-2011-6708.
