LDSD Mars Landing Tech News

Tune in to learn about NASA’s second flight test of its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), slated for June 2015. NASA’s LDSD project is designed to investigate and test breakthrough technologies for landing future robotic and human Mars missions, and safely returning large payloads to Earth. The test, performed over the Pacific Ocean, will simulate the supersonic entry and descent speeds at which the spacecraft would be traveling through the Martian atmosphere. Mission overview briefing participan