Laser Etching Mars Perseverance Nameplate

This titanium nameplate for the robotic arm of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover serves as a rock and debris shield to protect a flexible cable that carries power and data from computers in the rover’s body to actuators in the arm, as well as to the instruments and the drill in the turret. The laser-etched plate weighs 104 grams (3.7 ounces) and measures 17 inches long by inches wide (43 centimeters l