NASA Launched an Inflatable Flying Saucer, Then Landed It in the Ocean
Briefly

On Thursday morning, NASA sent a giant inflatable device to space and then brought it back down from orbit, splashing in the ocean near Hawaii.You might think of it as a bouncy castle from space, although the people in charge of the mission would prefer you did not.I would say that would be inaccurate, Neil Cheatwood, principal investigator for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID for short, said of the comparison during an interview.
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