NASA engineers prepare the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator to be lifted into position for a full mission dress rehearsal at the Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility May 29, 2015 in Kauai, Hawaii. The LDSD tests new concepts in entry, descent and landing of spacecraft safely on the surface of Mars.


NASA engineers prepare the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator to be lifted into position for a full mission dress rehearsal at the Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility May 29, 2015 in Kauai, Hawaii. The LDSD tests new concepts in entry, descent and landing of spacecraft safely on the surface of Mars.


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