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PIA24197: Mastcam-Z Final Lens Cleaning
A JPL optical technician performs a final inspection and swab cleaning of the front optics of the Mars 2020 mission's Perseverance rover Mastcam-Z cameras at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in March 2020.
 Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover 
 Spacecraft:  Perseverance
 Instrument:  Mastcam-Z 
 Product Size:  2048 x 1536 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Kennedy Space Center 
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 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA24197.tif (7.508 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA24197.jpg (240.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

A JPL optical technician performs a final inspection and swab cleaning of the front optics of the Mars 2020 mission's Perseverance rover Mastcam-Z cameras at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in March 2020.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and will manage operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

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

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Image Addition Date:
2021-01-19