NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA has announced the test launch of its saucer shaped Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle. The test flight at U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii will evaluate a new balloon-assisted launch technology of the future! http://www.space.com/26100-nasa-flying-saucer-mars-landing-test-launch.html
NASA to test saucer shaped spacecraft
