NASA Sends 'Flying Saucer' On Its Way To Soar High Above Earth - NPR

NPRNASA Sends 'Flying Saucer' On Its Way To Soar High Above EarthNPRIt's a big day for NASA: The agency's new "flying saucer" is getting a crucial test, part of a plan to land on Mars someday. A giant balloon is carrying the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator to an altitude of 120,000 feet. Then it'll go even higher ...NASA launches 'flying saucer' test flightFox NewsWatch NASA test its saucer-shaped spacecraft brake at 1:30PM ETThe VergeWatch Live: NASA to Launch Mars 'Flying Saucer'NewsweekSpace.com -Wall Street Journal -ABC Newsall 167 news articles »

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