NASA Tests Flying Saucer Shaped Craft During Atlas V

On Thursday morning, NASA tested a giant inflatable device, which launched to orbit and then splashed down in the ocean near Hawaii.

By Andrew Cunningham

Published 2 years ago in Creepy

On Thursday morning, NASA tested a giant inflatable device, which launched to orbit and then splashed down in the ocean near Hawaii. The device is part of NASA's low-density super sonic decelerator, which will be used to one day land heavier payloads and spacecraft on neighboring planets like Mars.

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