NASA 'Flying Saucer' Launch to Test Mars Landing Parachute Tech

Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 07:02 in Astronomy & Space

NASA hopes to launch its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test vehicle Thursday (June 5) from a U.S. Navy facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The balloon-aided liftoff was originally scheduled for June 3, but the weather did not cooperate.

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