Watch Online: NASA Gets Set to Launch Flying Saucer

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

NASA says it's ready to send up a rocket-powered "flying saucer" to test technologies that could someday help get heavy payloads to Mars

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