Inflatable Heat Shield Could Help Humans Land on Mars Written 27 October 2022
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A NASA engineer preps LOFTID. | Credit: NASA, Aerospace America
Aerospace America reports that at the AIAA’s ASCEND event in Las Vegas, NASA announced that its Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator is ready to go into space on November 1. “Plans call for launching LOFTID into orbit as a rideshare payload on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V together with a NOAA weather satellite.” This technology could eventually aid large equipment to land on Mars, especially for future crewed missions.
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