Mars 2020 spacecraft heat shield damaged in test, launch date not affected: NASA
(Reuters) - A heat shield used in a NASA spacecraft designed to send a six-wheeled rover vehicle to Mars in 2020 suffered an "unexpected" fracture during a structural test this month, causing the space agency to build a replacement, the space agency said. [Source]
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