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NASA tests Mars saucer lander with giant parachute
A balloon launched saucer shaped NASA vehicle to 30 miles altitude above Kauai. The craft deployed a 110 foot parachute during descent and splashed down in the Pacific after about three hours, marking a successful test of Mars landing technology despite partial parachute deployment.
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Los Angeles
NASA
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Mars
Viking
Red Planet
Dan Coatta
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Pacific Missile Range
Hawaiian
Kauai
Pacific
Coatra