AEDC Tests Aeroshell for Upcoming Mission to Mars
Credit: AEDC
A team at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 facility in Silver Spring, Md., has completed atmospheric entry tests of the aeroshell configuration for the Mars Science Laboratory (see photo). The mission is tentatively scheduled for launch in...
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