NASA Expected to Launch Mars 'Flying Saucer'
NASA plans to launch in the Earth's atmosphere a "flying saucer" in order to test the new technology of landing on Mars on Saturday, according to the space agency’s website.
Earlier the launching of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), resembling a futuristic circular disc from movies about aliens, has been repeatedly postponed due to unfavorable weather in the area of the flight pad in Hawaii.