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NASA set for revolutionary flying saucer test flight
NASA is all set to test its low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD), a flying saucer designed to check out landing technologies for future Mars missions over Hawaii. If weather permits, the LDSD test vehicle will be carried aloft by a large weather balloon from the US Navy\'s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.
Washington: NASA is all set to test its low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD), a flying saucer designed to check out landing technologies for future Mars missions over Hawaii. If weather permits, the LDSD test vehicle will be carried aloft by a large weather balloon from the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.
For more than two hours, the balloon will carry the test vehicle to an altitude of 120,000 feet. The tracking cameras NASA has employed for the test are expected to keep the balloon and test vehicle in their sights for about 30 minutes after launch, the US space agency said in a statement.
After reaching a height of 180,000 feet, a doughnut-shaped airbag will inflate around the saucer for its descent to earth. The saucer is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean about two hours and 15 minutes after launch. The LDSD mission will test breakthrough technologies that will enable large payloads to be safely landed on the surface of Mars, and also will allow access to more of the planet's surface by enabling landings at higher-altitude sites.
