Mars Science Lab Hardware Seems OK After Lifting Mishap

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission apparently ducked a considerable delay when a crane operator accidentally lifted its composite backshell with a 2,000-lb. aluminum table attached to it. Richard Cook, deputy MSL project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said May 24 that the mishap...

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