Large Heat Shield for Mars Science Laboratory
This image shows NASA Mars Science Laboratory heat shield, and a spacecraft worker at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver. It is the largest heat shield ever built for descending through the atmosphere of any planet.
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NASA ID
PIA12117
Date Created
July 10, 2009
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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