PIA13874: Sensor Head on the Mars-bound APXS Instrument
The sensor head on the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer instrument was installed during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The instrument is part of NASA's Curiosity rover.
 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 
 Other  
Information: 		 JPL News Release 2011-059 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA13874.tif (36 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA13874.jpg (1.147 MB)  

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The sensor head on the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer instrument was installed during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The instrument is part of the Curiosity rover, which will fly on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. For perspective, the sensor head is 7.8 centimeters, or about 3 inches tall.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2011-02-18