PIA15875: 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:  4538 x 3832 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA15875.tif (52.2 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA15875.jpg (1.677 MB)  

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This photograph shows the Vehicle System Test Bed (VSTB) rover, a nearly an identical copy to the Curiosity rover on Mars. The VSTB is used for Earth based testing and is shown at night in its shed after nigh time mobility testing in the Marsyard. The rover is back lit to show its silhouette. Photo by Dan Goods and David Delgado.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2009-10-13