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The door of the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center is opened to receive the Atlas V first stage to support the Mars Science Laboratory MSL mission.

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

The door of the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is opened to receive the Atlas V first stage to support the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.

MSL's components include a compact car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for evidence on whether Mars has had environments favorable to microbial life, including chemical ingredients for life. The unique rover will use a laser to look inside rocks and release its gasses so that the rover’s spectrometer can analyze and send the data back to Earth. Launch of MSL aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Nov. 25 from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/msl. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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  • Title: The door of the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center is opened to receive the Atlas V first stage to support the Mars Science Laboratory MSL mission.
  • Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
  • About Title: To help you find images you’re searching for, previously untitled images have been labelled automatically based on their description

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