Nasa’s tests ‘flying saucer’ for Mars missons
Nasa’s tests ‘flying saucer’ for Mars missons NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project successfully flew a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space.
Nasa’s tests ‘flying saucer’ for Mars missons NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project successfully flew a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space.
Our universe is special because it had the potential to attract human life. We’re lucky to be here and we should constantly have the desire to decipher space mysteries.
Station astronauts have experimented with a weightless room and some other interesting things, in the video down below.
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