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Mars Exploration Rovers Team Picture

Scientists and engineers working on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission gather for a team portrait during the rovers’ prime mission on Mars in 2004 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

April 01, 2019

Scientists and engineers working on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission gather for a team portrait during the rovers’ prime mission on Mars in 2004 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

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