NASA Planetary Reentry Testbed Ready For Second Flight

Credit: LDSD: NASA
HOUSTON – NASA’s Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project is prepared for a second flight of its saucer-shaped testbed. The flight may lead to a significant increase in payload masses that can be delivered intact to the surface of Mars in support of human exploration, as well as future...

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