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LDSD Briefing and New Video

NASA Holds Briefing on New Planetary Landing Technology, SpaceRef “Today NASA held a briefing on its recent Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project test. LDSD is a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle which may be used on future planetary missions.”

  • NASA Watch
  • August 8, 2014
LDSD Test Flight a Success

NASA’s First Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Test Flight a Success [With Full Flight Video and Highlights], NASA “NASA representatives participated in a media teleconference this morning to discuss the June 28, 2014 near-space test flight of the agency’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), which occurred off the coast of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. A high-altitude balloon launch occurred at 8:45 a.m. HST (11:45 a.m. PDT/2:45 p.m. […]

  • NASA Watch
  • June 29, 2014
LDSD Team Stands Down – For Now

NASA Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Update 12 June 2014 “NASA did not conduct the flight test of the agency’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range in Kauai, Hawaii, during its designated launch period. The project’s reserved time at the range will expire Saturday, June 14, with NASA unable to fly the test because of continuing unfavorable weather conditions.”

  • NASA Watch
  • June 13, 2014
LDSD Testing for Large Payloads to Mars

LDSD Testing for Large Payloads to Mars on Tuesday “To duplicate many of the most important aspects of Mars’ thin atmosphere, NASA plans to use the very thin air found high in Earth’s stratosphere as a test bed for the LDSD mission. NASA has identified six potential launch dates for the balloon carrying LDSD: June 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 14. The June 3 launch window extends from 8 […]

  • NASA Watch
  • June 2, 2014