Ultra-high-precision alignment of the elastomerically mounted elements of the science camera lenses for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 5108-5114

  Tony Ghaemi, F ^a  

^a MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERA LENSES; CAMERAS; DYNAMIC LOADS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NEON; SILICONES; SPACE RESEARCH;

ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMAGING INSTRUMENTS; INTEGRATION METHOD; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; TOTAL INDICATED RUN OUTS;

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EID: 80052648841     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.005108     Document Type: Article

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