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PIA24205: This Gold Box to Searches for Buried Treasure
The Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) electronics box before being integrated into the Perseverance rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
 Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover 
 Spacecraft:  Perseverance
 Instrument:  Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) 
 Product Size:  786 x 401 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA24205.tif (946.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA24205.jpg (51.16 kB)  

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The Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) electronics box before being integrated into the Perseverance rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. RIMFAX is a ground penetrating radar that will image layers of rock or ice to more than 30 feet (10 meters) beneath the surface of Mars. Water ice a potential resource for drinking or making fuel, would be a valuable find for future astronauts exploring Mars.

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

Image Addition Date:
2021-01-20