NASA launched a giant ballon on Monday carrying a kind of "flying saucers"that will test technologies for landing on mars, but it's outsized parachute only partly deployed.
The aircraft fitted with the largest parachute ever constructed was launched from a military base in Hawaii. The massive helium ballon rose for about three hours,according to NASA, which broadcast the event live.
The test vehicle was carried by balloon to about 120000 feet.
This mission is designed to test entry and descent technology on the form of a donut-shaped airbag and a supersonic parachute that can be deployed while the vehicle is travelling several times the speed of sound.
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