Astronomy Picture of the Day: NASA to Inflate Heat Shield on Earth Before Spaceflight Demo

NASA’s Bernard Kutter Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, could one day help land humans on Mars! @NASA is inviting media to see it inflated for the final time on Earth before its spaceflight demonstration.

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