JPL to Test New Supersonic Decelerator Technology

LATEST NEWS JPL to Test New Supersonic Decelerator Technology A giant crane towers above NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., shooting out of a hilly mesa like an oversized erector set, ready to help test components of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project. The goal of the challenging technology, led by JPL, is to enable a future mission to Mars or other planetary bodies that uses heavier spacecraft and lands them at locations that were previously not achievable. › Read more

 

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