Interplanetary Umbrella: New Heat Shield Could Land Bigger Payloads on Planets

Monday, September 17, 2018 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

Forget packing a towel to explore the universe, as the joke from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" goes. Instead, a new mission aimed at protecting small satellites and landers is more like packing an umbrella.

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