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PIA15961: Popping the Lid off Curiosity's Hazard Cameras

This frame from a video shows an engineering test for NASA's Curiosity rover. During the test, the clear dust covers on the Hazard-Avoidance cameras were popped off.

Target Name:	Mars
Mission:	Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Spacecraft:	Curiosity
Instrument:	MAHLI
Product Size:	676 x 677 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA15961.tif (458.3 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA15961.jpg (49.74 kB)

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This video shows an engineering test for NASA's Curiosity rover, which took place during Assembly, Test and Launch Operations (ATLO), a project phase that occurs when all components are integrated, tested and launched. During the test shown here in slow motion, the clear dust covers on the Hazard-Avoidance cameras were popped off.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory mission for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2012-08-03