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10 Days of Perseverance

Perseverance rover undergoing a 10-day test in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility

September 03, 2020

In this image taken on Nov. 16, 2019, the Perseverance rover is undergoing a 10-day test in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. During the test, all aspects of the upcoming mission were investigated (launch, cruise, landing and surface operations).

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