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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
The cone-shaped back shell for NASA's Perseverance rover mission sits on a support structure in this April 29, 2020,...
NASA Phoenix Mars Lander will be in free fall after it separates from its back shell and parachute, but not for long.
A member of NASA's Mars 2020 project checks connections between the spacecraft's back shell and cruise stage. The...
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission's disk-shaped cruise stage sits atop the bell-shaped back shell, which...
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover's descent stage was recently stacked atop the rover at Kennedy Space Center, and the...
This image from an animation is from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter MRO showing the landing effects of the descent...
This close-up view shows the rover Curiosity parachute and back shell strewn across the surface of Mars. The image...
This color view of the parachute and back shell that helped deliver NASA Curiosity rover to the surface of the Red...
MEDLI2 sensors are installed on the Mars 2020 heat shield and back shell prior to launch. The sensors will measure...
The heat shield (left) and back shell (right) that comprise the aeroshell for NASA's Mars 2020 mission are depicted...
Back shell panels are visible on the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Back shell panels are visible on the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis IV mission inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Visible in the foreground are back shell panels on the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission inside the Neil...
This illustration shows NASA's InSight lander separating from its cruise stage as it prepares to enter Mars'...
The heat shield is suspended above the rest of the InSight spacecraft in this image taken July 13, 2015, in a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers unload a container holding the back shell, one of the first three elements for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers unload a container holding the back shell, one of the first three elements for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers load onto a transporter a container holding the back shell, one of the first three...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers load onto a transporter a container holding the back shell, one of the first three...
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility...
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility...
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility...