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A pocketknife provides scale for this image of the Mars Descent Imager camera; the camera will fly on the Curiosity rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, Calif., supplied the camera for the mission.
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Mars Descent Imager for Curiosity

This Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) camera will fly on the Curiosity rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

The downward-looking camera will take about four frames per second at nearly 1,600 by 1,200 pixels per frame for about the final two minutes before Curiosity touches down on Mars in August 2012. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, Calif., supplied MARDI and two other camera instruments for the mission. A pocketknife provides scale for the image.

Image details

ID#:
PIA13283

Date added:
2010-07-19

Mission:
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Instruments:
Mars Descent Imager

Size:
1504 x 1000 pixels (width x height)

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PIA13283.tif (4.52 MB)

Full-Res JPG:
PIA13283.jpg (0.13 MB)

Image credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems