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Nasa Testing Inflatable Heat Shield Technology for Manned Mars Mission
Slowing the spacecraft protects it from the intense heat of atmospheric entry and allows it to land more softly.
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Landing On Mars May Become Safer With This New Technology By NASA
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.
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NASA Seeks Students' Ideas to Land Manned Probe on Mars
The US space agency is seeking innovative ideas from students for generating a novel technology that can help land heavy manned spacecrafts safely and swiftly on the surface of Red Planet.
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NASA 'Flying Saucer' Deploys Partially on Test
NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars, but its outsized parachute only partly deployed.
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NASA Tests 'Flying Saucer' Device for Future Mars Landings
NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars.
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NASA to Test Supersonic Parachute in Flying Saucer Launch
The US space agency plans to try out the largest parachute ever deployed Wednesday during a flying saucer launch that will test new technologies for landing on Mars.
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NASA Set for Revolutionary 'Flying Saucer' Test Flight
NASA is all set to test its low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD) - a flying saucer designed to check out landing technologies for future Mars missions - over Hawaii.
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Nasa's Flying Saucer Being Used to Test New Mars Landing Technology
The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project's final test was carried out at JPL on Tuesday.
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NASA to Test Cutting-Edge Mars Landing Technology
NASA will be flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, in June, the US space agency said in a statement.
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New NASA Technologies to Help Spacecrafts Land in Real Time
NASA engineers are working on new technologies that will help spacecrafts land on an alien planet or a comet in real time based on what they see before them.
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NASA's Mars 'Flying Saucer' Splashes Back Down After Successful Test
A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a successful test of technology that could be used to land on Mars.
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NASA Launches Flight to Test New Mars-Landing Technology
After several postponements due to bad weather, NASA Saturday finally sent a flying-saucer-like test vehicle high into the skies to try out technologies that could one day be used to land on Mars.
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NASA to Test Mars 'Flying Saucer' Vehicle on Earth
NASA will try to launch a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere Saturday to test technology that could be used to land on Mars.
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NASA to Conduct Mars 'Flying Saucer' Test on Earth
The US space agency is getting ready to launch a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere to test technology that could be used to land on Mars.
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NASA's rover Curiosity lands safely, sends first images from Mars
In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past.
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Nasa Testing Inflatable Heat Shield Technology for Manned Mars Mission
Slowing the spacecraft protects it from the intense heat of atmospheric entry and allows it to land more softly.
-
Landing On Mars May Become Safer With This New Technology By NASA
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.
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NASA Seeks Students' Ideas to Land Manned Probe on Mars
The US space agency is seeking innovative ideas from students for generating a novel technology that can help land heavy manned spacecrafts safely and swiftly on the surface of Red Planet.
-
NASA 'Flying Saucer' Deploys Partially on Test
NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars, but its outsized parachute only partly deployed.
-
NASA Tests 'Flying Saucer' Device for Future Mars Landings
NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars.
-
NASA to Test Supersonic Parachute in Flying Saucer Launch
The US space agency plans to try out the largest parachute ever deployed Wednesday during a flying saucer launch that will test new technologies for landing on Mars.
-
NASA Set for Revolutionary 'Flying Saucer' Test Flight
NASA is all set to test its low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD) - a flying saucer designed to check out landing technologies for future Mars missions - over Hawaii.
-
Nasa's Flying Saucer Being Used to Test New Mars Landing Technology
The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project's final test was carried out at JPL on Tuesday.
-
NASA to Test Cutting-Edge Mars Landing Technology
NASA will be flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, in June, the US space agency said in a statement.
-
New NASA Technologies to Help Spacecrafts Land in Real Time
NASA engineers are working on new technologies that will help spacecrafts land on an alien planet or a comet in real time based on what they see before them.
-
NASA's Mars 'Flying Saucer' Splashes Back Down After Successful Test
A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a successful test of technology that could be used to land on Mars.
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NASA Launches Flight to Test New Mars-Landing Technology
After several postponements due to bad weather, NASA Saturday finally sent a flying-saucer-like test vehicle high into the skies to try out technologies that could one day be used to land on Mars.
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NASA to Test Mars 'Flying Saucer' Vehicle on Earth
NASA will try to launch a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere Saturday to test technology that could be used to land on Mars.
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NASA to Conduct Mars 'Flying Saucer' Test on Earth
The US space agency is getting ready to launch a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere to test technology that could be used to land on Mars.
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NASA's rover Curiosity lands safely, sends first images from Mars
In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past.
