PIA15878: 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:  4655 x 7231 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA15878.tif (101 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA15878.jpg (1.411 MB)  

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This photograph shows the Vehicle System Test Bed (VSTB) rover, a nearly identical copy to the Curiosity rover on Mars. The VSTB is used for Earth based testing. This is a close-up of its mast. Photo by Dan Goods and David Delgado.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2009-10-13