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PIA15876: NASA's Vehicle System Test Bed (VSTB) Rover
This photograph shows the Vehicle System Test Bed (VSTB) rover, a nearly identical copy to NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Product Size:  7360 x 4912 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA15876.tif (108.5 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA15876.jpg (2.982 MB)  

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This photograph shows the Vehicle System Test Bed (VSTB) rover, a nearly identical copy to the Curiosity rover on Mars. The VSTB is used for Earth based testing and is shown during night time mobility testing in the Marsyard. Photo by Dan Goods and David Delgado.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2009-10-13