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The distant blob seen in the view on left, taken by a Hazard-Avoidance camera on NASA Curiosity rover, may be a...
This view of a portion of the descent stage of NASA Mars Science Laboratory shows two of the stage three spherical...
This is an artist concept of the rover and descent stage for NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during the...
This portion of NASA Mars Science Laboratory, called the descent stage, does its main work during the final few...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
The descent stage of NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is being lifted during assembly of the spacecraft in...
This image from early October 2008 shows personnel working on the descent stage of NASA Mars Science Laboratory...
In this February 17, 2009, image, NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover is attached to the spacecraft descent stage....
This portion of an image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been annotated to show the relative positions...
A technician works on the descent stage for NASA's Mars 2020 mission inside JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility. Mars...
The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was able to...
This image from one of the rear Hazard Cameras, or Hazcams, aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, shows a smoke...
The Mars Science Laboratory mission powered descent vehicle is the integrated combination of the spacecraft descent...
NASA's Perseverance rover fires up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface in this illustration....
The Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger descent stage comes into focus in this image taken by NASA Lunar...
The major components of NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft -- cruise stage atop the aeroshell, which has the...
Wheels were first attached to NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover in August 2008. The rover and its descent stage and...