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PIA18450: Launch Tower for LDSD
This image shows the tower from which the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) will hang before a balloon lifts it to high altitudes.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Mission:  LDSD 
 Product Size:  3264 x 2448 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA18450.tif (23.98 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA18450.jpg (658.3 kB)  

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This image shows the tower from which the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) will hang before a balloon lifts it to high altitudes. The rocket-powered test vehicle will reach near-space heights before testing landing technologies for future Mars missions. The test will occur at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.

The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Project is managed by JPL for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2014-06-04