This image taken in August 2008 in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., shows NASA's next Mars rover, the Mars
Science Laboratory, in the course of its assembly, before additions of its
arm, mast, laboratory instruments and other equipment.
The rover is about 9 feet wide and 10 feet long.
Viewing progress on the assembly are, from left: NASA Associate
Administrator for Science Ed Weiler, California Institute of Technology
President Jean-Lou Chameau, JPL Director Charles Elachi, and JPL Associate
Director for Flight Projects and Mission Success Tom Gavin.
JPL, a division of Caltech, manages the Mars Science Laboratory project
for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
