June 11, 2014
NASA did not conduct the flight test of the agency's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range in Kauai, Hawaii, during its designated launch period. The project's reserved time at the range will expire Saturday without NASA being able to fly the test because of continuing unfavorable weather conditions.
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, June 12 to discuss what this delay in the LDSD testing means and possible next steps for the project.
Speakers will be:
--Mark Adler, LDSD Project Manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
--Ian Clark, LDSD Principal Investigator at JPL
The teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at:
http://ift.tt/OoSU0T
More information about the LDSD space technology demonstration mission is online at:
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate funds the LDSD mission, a cooperative effort led by JPL. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages LDSD within the Technology Demonstration Mission Program Office. NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, is coordinating support with the Pacific Missile Range Facility and providing the balloon systems for the LDSD test.
For more information about the Space Technology Mission Directorate, visit:
http://ift.tt/1evVu6y
DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Shannon Ridinger Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256- 541-7698 shannon.j.ridinger@nasa.gov
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