Nasa Retrieves Inflatable Heat Shield From Pacific Ocean After Orbital Test
After launching an inflatable heat shield experiment into space on Thursday, NASA has now recovered the device after it fell into the Pacific Ocean. The space agency is seeking to learn whether this type of heat shield can protect valuable payloads from the high temperatures of atmospheric reentry. 03:26 Part of the space shuttle Challenger has been found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean Today at 13:50 NASA’s Low Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) lifted off on an Atlas 5 rocket at 4:49 a....