Mars Landing Made Safer

To slow down a spacecraft as it descends and lands on a distant planet on deeper space mission including Mars, NASA engineers are testing inflatable heat shield technology at the US space agency's Langley Research Centre in Hampton, Virginia.

To slow down a spacecraft as it descends and lands on a distant planet on deeper space mission including Mars, NASA engineers are testing inflatable heat shield technology at the US space agency's Langley Research Centre in Hampton, Virginia.