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Technology Demonstration Missions

Terrestrial HIAD Orbital Reentry (THOR)

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Flight test of Inflatable Aeroshell Decelerator technology to increase atmospheric entry down mass capability at higher elevations than currently achievable.

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Demonstrate a high energy reentry flight test on a sub-scale Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD). Advance STMD HIAD Gen 2 Technology Readiness Levels for enabling affordable humans to Mars architectures.

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Organizations Performing Work	Role	Type	Location
Langley Research Center (LaRC)	Lead Organization	NASA Center	Hampton, Virginia

Co-Funding Partners	Type	Location
Office of Scientific Computing	NASA Other
Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)	NASA Mission Directorate

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California
Virginia

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Start:	3
Current:	3
Estimated End:	4

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Terrestrial HIAD Orbital Reentry (THOR)

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