Mars Science Lab Seems OK After Mishap

By Frank Morring, Jr. morring@aviationweek.com .
WASHINGTON .

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 today that the mishap does not appear to have placed excessive loads on the backshell ...

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