The flying saucers of science fiction movies might be the shape of things to come for future Mars missions that are expected to involve larger payloads that today's landing vehicles are not equipped ...

After a number of false starts and launch delays, NASA has finally released HD footage of its flying saucer's inaugural test flight over Hawaii. The flying saucer, or Low-Density Supersonic ...

LOS ANGELES — A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle testing new technology for Mars landings has made a successful rocket ride over the Pacific but its massive descent parachute only partially unfurled. The ...

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LOS ANGELES -- NASA has tested new technology designed to bring spacecraft -- and one day even astronauts -- safely down to Mars, with the agency declaring the experiment a qualified success even ...

Landing on the Red Planet ain't as easy as it might seem. You might even need a flying saucer.

(AP) NASA is getting ready to launch a “flying saucer” into Earth’s atmosphere to test technology that could be used to land on Mars. For decades, NASA has depended on the same parachute design to ...

WASHINGTON—NASA launched a giant balloon Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucer" that will test technologies for landing on Mars. The aircraft is fitted with the largest parachute ever constructed.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 28 (Reuters) - A helium balloon carrying an experimental saucer-shaped NASA spacecraft floated off a launch tower at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, ...

LOS ANGELES | A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a successful test on Saturday of technology that ...