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PIA23194: Rover Getting Set to Motor

Engineers and technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, integrate the rover motor controller assembly (RMCA) into the Mars 2020 rover's body.

Mission:	Mars 2020 Rover
Spacecraft:	Mars 2020 Rover
Product Size:	6543 x 4367 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA23194.tif (76.62 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA23194.jpg (3.92 MB)

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Engineers and technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, integrate the rover motor controller assembly (RMCA) into the Mars 2020 rover's body. The RMCA is the electrical heart of the rover's mobility and motion systems, commanding and regulating the movement of the motors in the rover's wheels, robotic arms, mast, drill and sample-handling functions.

The image was taken on April 29, 2019, in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 clean room at JPL.

JPL is building and will manage operations of the Mars 2020 rover for the NASA Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2019-05-09