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If you’ve ever wanted to see a real-life “flying saucer,” here’s your chance.
NASA is planning to test-launch a new saucer-shaped spacecraft from the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
The craft, dubbed the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), is designed to allow large payloads to land safely and in a controlled manner (read: not crash) on other planets, bringing us one step closer to landing humans on Mars.
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This artist’s concept shows the test vehicle for NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. A balloon will lift the vehicle to high altitudes, where a rocket will take it even higher, to the top of the stratosphere, at several times the speed of sound..
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