What will it take to land heavier spacecraft on Mars? How will engineers slow large payloads traveling at supersonic speeds in the thin Martian atmosphere? The Low Density Supersonic Decelerator mission is about to start a series of tests here on Earth that will lead to new answers to those questions. Learn more about this Technology Demonstration Mission -- managed for the agency by NASA Marshall and led by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Details here... #ldsd #321techoff
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:41:59 +0000