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Blue-Print-Style Rover Sketch, Artist's Concept

This artist's sketch is based on the Curiosity rover in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, with proposed modifications based on the science definition team's recommendations.

July 09, 2013

This artist's sketch is based on the Curiosity rover in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, with proposed modifications based on the science definition team's recommendations. Mission planners would potentially leverage aspects of Curiosity rover design for a Mars mission designed to launch in 2020.

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