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The Mastcam-Z Engineering Qualification Model

The Mastcam-Z Engineering Qualification Model
The Mastcam-Z Engineering Qualification Model The first version of a Mars 2020 rover zoom camera to be fully assembled -- the Mastcam-Z Engineering Qualification Model -- on a lab bench at Malin Space Science Systems, Inc., in San Diego. The wiring harness hasn't yet been completed in the flight-like configuration, so there's a bit of a "rat’s nest" of motor and Hall sensor wires. But... it works! Mike Ravine, MSSS