| MSL: All aboard the transporter |
Date: November 2, 2011
Duration: 13 min 50 sec
The assembled Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is placed aboard the motorized transporter that will haul the payload to the Atlas 5 rocket hangar.
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| MSL: Applying the logos |
Date: October 29, 2011
Duration: 9 min 48 sec
The Mars Science Laboratory mission logo and NASA emblem are placed onto the rocket's nose cone after encapsulation was finished.
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| MSL: Spacecraft goes into nose cone |
Date: October 25, 2011
Duration: 13 min 44 sec
The Atlas 5 rocket's two-piece nose cone is placed around the Mars Science Laboratory to encapsulate the spacecraft for its launch from Earth.
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| MSL: Ready for encapsulation |
Date: October 25, 2011
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Here's a final look at the Mars Science Laboratory on planet Earth before it gets shrouded within the Atlas 5 rocket's payload fairing.
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| MSL: The heat shield |
Date: October 11, 2011
Duration: 11 min 5 sec
The Mars Science Laboratory assembly process is completed by installing the heat shield that will protect the spacecraft during Martian atmospheric entry.
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| MSL: All packed up |
Date: October 11, 2011
Duration: 8 min 3 sec
These beauty shots taken in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility cleanroom show the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft all nestled in place before the heat shield is attached.
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| MSL: Adding the cruise ring |
Date: October 8, 2011
Duration: 15 min 45 sec
The cruise stage ring is added atop the backshell with the rover and skycrane already packaged into the spacecraft structure.
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| MSL: Installing the backshell |
Date: September 23, 2011
Duration: 9 min 1 sec
The backshell section of the Mars Science Laboratory containing the parachutes receives the rover and skycrane combo during pre-flight integration for launch.
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| MSL: Rover and skycrane mated |
Date: September 23, 2011
Duration: 12 min 44 sec
The rocket-powered skycrane contraption is lowed onto the Curiosity rover as the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is packed up for launch.
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| MSL: Centaur upper stage |
Date: September 21, 2011
Duration: 8 min 31 sec
The cryogenically-fueled Centaur upper stage that will propel the Mars Science Laboratory initially into an Earth parking orbit and then on the escape trajectory to Mars is attached to the Atlas first stage.
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| MSL: The payload shroud |
Date: September 20, 2011
Duration: 8 min 4 sec
The two-piece Atlas rocket nose cone that will shroud the Mars Science Lab during ascent through Earth's atmosphere is delivered to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to await encapsulation around the spacecraft.
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| MSL: Final SRB added |
Date: September 15, 2011
Duration: 5 min 42 sec
The fourth and final solid rocket booster is lifted into position for mounting to the Atlas 5 rocket, providing the vehicle with a powerful kick at liftoff.
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| MSL: First solid rocket booster |
Date: September 12, 2011
Duration: 7 min 21 sec
The first of four strap-on solid rocket boosters for the Atlas 5 vehicle is hoisted into the Vertical Integration Facility for installation.
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| MSL: First stage erected |
Date: September 8, 2011
Duration: 8 min 57 sec
At the Vertical Integration Facility, the Atlas 5's first stage is erected aboard the mobile launch platform to begin the rocket's pre-flight assembly. |  |
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| MSL: Stowing the robot arm |
Date: August 13, 2011
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
After completing its pre-launch test campaign, Curiosity's instrument-laden robotic arm folded up and stowed for flight.
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| MSL: The rocket stages |
Date: July 29, 2011
Duration: 13 min 27 sec
The Atlas 5 rocket's first stage and the Centaur upper stage convoy up through Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center to enter the storage hangar.
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| MSL: Rover's launch arrives |
Date: July 29, 2011
Duration: 6 min 2 sec
The United Launch Alliance Mariner rocket-transport vessel delivers the Atlas 5 rocket to Cape Canaveral from the factory in Alabama.
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| MSL: Deploying rover's wheels |
Date: July 18, 2011
Duration: 9 min 54 sec
The Curiosity rover is flipped over and technicians deploy the six wheels for the vehicle to support itself on the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility floor.
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| MSL: Storing the power generator |
Date: July 14, 2011
Duration: 8 min 19 sec
The multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator is enclosed in a protective mesh container, known as the "gorilla cage," and returned to its storage facility to await flight on Curiosity.
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| MSL: MMRTG fit check with rover |
Date: July 12, 2011
Duration: 22 min 11 sec
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover is installed onto Curiosity rover for a pre-flight fit check.
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