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Marc Miller, a mechanical assembly technician at the University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), gauges the depth of ceramic pins installed in the SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA) instrument.
Source: NASA/LASP-CU Boulder
Published: October 19, 2021

Marc Miller, a mechanical assembly technician at the University of Colorado Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), gauges the depth of ceramic pins installed in the SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA) instrument.

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