PIA16119: ADAPT Rocket Test
This image was taken during a flight test of JPL's Autonomous Descent and Ascent Powered-Flight Testbed (ADAPT). The testbed was flown aboard a Masten Space System Xombie rocket.-Flight Testbed (ADAPT).
 Target Name:  Earth
 Mission:  ADAPT 
 Spacecraft:  ADAPT
 Product Size:  3456 x 5184 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA16119.tif (53.77 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA16119.jpg (1.477 MB)  

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This image was taken during a flight test of JPL's Autonomous Descent and Ascent Powered-Flight Testbed (ADAPT). The testbed was flown aboard a Masten Space System Xombie rocket. The test took place at the Mojave Air and Space Port, Calif., on July 9, 2012.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2012-09-13