Two Years Before Mission Success

NASA's image library records Two Years Before Mission Success.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This scene from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Spacecraft Assembly Facility in April 2002 shows early work on the spacecraft then known as NASA Mars Exploration Rover 1 and later named Opportunity.

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A CLOSER LOOK

This scene from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Spacecraft Assembly Facility in April 2002 shows early work on the spacecraft then known as NASA Mars Exploration Rover 1 and later named Opportunity.

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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

NASA Image and Video LibraryTwo Years Before Mission Success

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