Moves 88 Pound Turret From Deployed To Stowed Position
The robotic arm on NASA's Mars 2020 rover does not have deltoids, triceps or biceps, but it can still curl heavy weights with the best. On July 19, 2019, in the clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the rover's 7-foot-long arm handily maneuvered 88 pounds worth of sensor-laden turret as it moves from a deployed to a stowed configuration.
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