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NASA’s inflatable flying saucer aces Mars heat shield reentry test

NASA is a step closer to landing even larger vehicles on Mars.

Following being launched aboard the last United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blastoff from the West Coast on Wednesday (Nov. 10), an inflatable heat shield technology demonstrator called LOFTID appeared to make a flawless journey to space and back. If that is indeed the case, this mission marks a keystone moment in NASA’s long journey to eventually bring humans to Mars.

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