NASA 'Flying Saucer' Launches to Test Mars Landing Tech
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
The space agency's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle launched today (June 8) from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the Hawaiian island of Kauai at 1:45 p.m. EDT (1745 GMT; 7:45 a.m. local time in Hawaii).