PIA16727: Views of Curiosity's Drill
 Target Name:  Mars
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  CHIMRA 
 Product Size:  1805 x 1351 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA16727.tif (7.319 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA16727.jpg (126.2 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

These schematic drawings show a top view and a cutaway view of a section of the drill on NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. The section view on the right also indicates the flow of material within the drill bit.

JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the rover.

More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2013-02-20