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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera HiRISE is the most powerful camera yet sent to Mars and is the marquee instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In this photograph, a worker at Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., Boulder, Colo., prepares the instrument before it is attached to the spacecraft. NASA / JPL / Ball Aerospace