NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project completed its second flight test when the saucer-shaped craft splashed down safely Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A post-flight media teleconference will be held at 1 p.m. EDT/7a.m.,Tuesday, June 9 to review the test. Briefing participants are: Steve Jurczyk, and associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington imprint Adler,LDSD project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California Ian Clark, and LDSD principal investigator at JPL Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: https://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio Two experimental decelerator technologies – a supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator and a supersonic parachute – were tested. The supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator deployed and inflated. The supersonic parachute also deployed; however,it did not perform as expected. Data were obtained on the performance of both innovative braking technologies, and the teams are beginning to study the data.
Source: nasa.gov