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The In Situ Instrument Laboratory, August 25, 2009: MSL development

The In Situ Instrument Laboratory, August 25, 2009: MSL development
The In Situ Instrument Laboratory, August 25, 2009: MSL development On the Mars Science Laboratory's half of the In Situ Instrument Laboratory on August 25, engineers worked on assembly of an engineering model of the Curiosity rover. Near the center of the image in the background are the rover's six enormous wheels. At center foreground is the robotic arm. At left in the background are the rover body (large silver box) and the rocker-bogie suspension system (black, extreme left). If the scale of the wheels is not clear, the white floor tiles are two feet (60 centimeters) square. Emily Lakdawalla