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New Mon 8 Jun 15 22:30 
 NASA real time feed Live NOW 22.25 - sherlock47
12 minutes agoThe LDSD team has started powering up the test vehicle for drop, including the GoPros, sensors and main avionics. In a few minutes, the saucer-shaped LDSD test vehicle will be dropped and its powered flight will begin. A fraction of a second after dropping from the balloon, and a few feet below it, four small rocket motors will fire to spin up and gyroscopically stabilize the saucer. Just over two seconds later, a Star 48B long-nozzle, solid-fueled rocket engine will kick in with 17,500 pounds of thrust, sending the test vehicle to the edge of the stratosphere, or about 180,000 feet, at a speed of Mach 4. At about Mach 3.8, the test vehicle will deploy the supersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (SIAD).
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New Mon 8 Jun 15 22:34 
 NASA real time feed Live NOW 22.25 - sherlock47
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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New Mon 8 Jun 15 22:39 
 NASA real time feed Live NOW 22.25 - sherlock47
Big fail - chute failed!
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New Tue 9 Jun 15 07:52 
 NASA real time feed Live NOW 22.25 - Focusless
BBC report:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33058739
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