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This scene from JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility in April 2002 shows
early work on the spacecraft then known as Mars Exploration Rover 1 and
later named Opportunity. The electronics were spread out on table tops,
with the cable mock-up for the cruise stage in the foreground. Other than
the X-band radio, none of the hardware delivered by this point flew. The
first flight-vehicle test of entry, descent and landing sequences was
still 6 months away.
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NASA/JPL
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