Mars Rover Missions Preparation

Images show scientists and engineers assembling various Mars rovers and spacecraft, preparing for missions with detailed focus on technology and equipment.

In the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, an overhead crane lifts the Mars Odyssey Orbiter clear of its workstand and toward the third stage of a Delta rocket, at right, to which it will be attached. The Mars Odyssey is scheduled for launch on April 7, 2001, aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
In the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, an overhead crane lifts the Mars Odyssey Orbiter clear of its workstand and toward the third stage of a Delta rocket, at right, to which it will be attached. The Mars Odyssey is scheduled for launch on April 7, 2001, aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station