The view from the next Mars rover as it is tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The 34-millimeter focal length camera, called MASTCAM 34, was used to take this picture of Mastcam Principal Investigator Michael Malin and a test target derived from the 1951 Air Force Resolution Chart. The test target determines the spatial resolution of the camera as a function of contrast, and demonstrates that the camera is functioning properly. In this image, the camera is demonstrating a resolution of about 4.5 line pairs per millimeter (9 pixels per millimeter, or about 111 micrometers per pixel) at a distance of 2 meters (6.6 feet). The Mars Science Laboratory mission is in assembly and testing for launch in autumn of 2011.