Instead of transporting aliens across the universe (as portrayed in sci-fi films), rocket-powered flying saucers could send the first humans to the surface of Mars. At least, if everything goes ...

151; -- A flying saucer could one day help a manned mission to Mars make a gentle landing on the surface of the Red Planet. NASA showed off its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator today during a ...

A new type of heat shield was successfully tested last week, with the hopes this type of inflatable decelerator could be used in the future to land humans and large payloads on Mars, or for ...

The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator is designed to enable large payloads to be safely landed on Mars. Even as it works out a way to safely land humans on Mars, NASA is developing some of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — New NASA gear that could help humanity set up an outpost on Mars has gotten its first test flight. The space agency launched its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD ...

If conditions improve, the test flight of the saucer, known as the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator ... Since the atmosphere on Mars is so thin, any parachute that helps a heavy, fast-moving ...

NASA plans to send a manned mission to Mars by the 2030s ... The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) vehicle, the formal name for agency's flying saucer, could be used to slow down ...

This story was updated at 6:30 p.m. EDT on June 29. New NASA gear that could help humanity set up an outpost on Mars has gotten its first test flight. The space agency launched its Low-Density ...