PIA04848: Lander Petals of Rover 2
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians reopen the lander petals of the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) to allow access to one of the spacecraft's circuit boards.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Product Size:  3000 x 1955 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Addition Date:  2003-11-07 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04848.tif (17.6 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04848.jpg (1.226 MB)  

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April 15, 2003
Prelaunch at Kennedy Space Center

In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians reopen the lander petals of the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) to allow access to one of the spacecraft's circuit boards. A concern arose during prelaunch testing regarding how the spacecraft interprets signals sent from its main computer to peripherals in the cruise stage, lander and small deep space transponder. The MER Mission consists of two identical rovers set to launch in June 2003. The problem will be fixed on both rovers.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/KSC

Image Addition Date:
2003-11-07