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LOFTID Spacecraft EDR Install
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Inside Building 836 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, a worker inspects and prepares hardware used during the installation of ejectable data recorders onto NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Aug. 19, 2022. Dedicated to the memory of Bernard Kutter, LOFTID is a technology demonstration mission aimed at validating inflatable heat shield technology for atmospheric re-entry.
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Credit lineLOFTID Spacecraft EDR Install. NASA/KSC, 2022-08-19. Public domain. ID: KSC-20220819-PH-JNP01_0006.
