This diagram shows components of the investigations payload for NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission.
Mars 2020 is a mission concept that NASA announced in late 2012 to re-use the basic engineering of Mars Science Laboratory to send a different rover to Mars, with new objectives and instruments, launching in 2020.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages NASA's Mars Exploration Program for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Mars | |
System | ||
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Mars 2020 | Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) |
Instrument Host | Curiosity Rover | |
Host Type | Rover | |
Instrument | ||
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2014-07-31 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18405 | |
Identifier | PIA18405 |