PIA13295: Connecting Curiosity's "Neck"
In the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers gather around the base of Curiosity's 'neck' (the Mast) as they slowly lower it into place for attachment to the rover's 'body' (the Wet Electronics Box, or 'WEB').
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Product Size:  1917 x 1079 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
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Information: 		 JPL News Release 2010-245 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA13295.tif (6.214 MB)
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In the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers gather around the base of Curiosity's "neck" (the Mast) as they slowly lower it into place for attachment to the rover's "body" (the Wet Electronics Box, or "WEB").

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2010-07-23