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A telescopic camera called the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment,
or HiRISE, was installed onto the main structure of NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter on Dec. 11, 2004 at Lockheed Martin Space Systems,
Denver, Colo. HiRISE is at the top of the spacecraft in this image. Some
other large components, including solar panels and the high-gain antenna,
had not yet been installed. The orbiter is scheduled for launch in August
2005 carrying six science instruments. Ball Aerospace and Technology
Corp., Boulder, Colo., built HiRISE for the University of Arizona, Tucson,
to supply for the mission.
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NASA/JPL/LMSS
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