PIA13875: Preparing to Install APXS Sensor Head
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer 
 Product Size:  4000 x 3000 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
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Information: 
JPL News Release 2011-059
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA13875.tif (36 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA13875.jpg (1.122 MB)

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Grad student Nicholas Boyd (left) and Principal Investigator Ralf Gellert, both of the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, prepare for the installation of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer sensor head during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2009-10-13