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Media Meet NASA's Mars 2020 Rover and Builders

A member of the media interviews mission team member Jessica Samuels inside JPL’s High Bay 1 clean room on Dec. 27, 2019, during Mars 2020 media day.

December 27, 2019

A member of the media interviews mission team member Jessica Samuels inside JPL’s High Bay 1 clean room on Dec. 27, 2019, during Mars 2020 media day.

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