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Home The Mars Science Laboratory, bolted inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket, is hoisted into place at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shifletta) The Mars Science Laboratory, bolted inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket, is hoisted into place at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shifletta)

The Mars Science Laboratory, bolted inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket, is hoisted into place at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shifletta)

The Mars Science Laboratory, bolted inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket, is hoisted into place at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shifletta)

The Mars Science Laboratory, bolted inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket, is hoisted into place at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shifletta)

A technician oversees the removal of a ventilated cage over the MMRTG that will be used to generate electricity for the MSL on Mars. (Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder)