The first test of NASA’s next-generation heat shield has been postponed until at least November 9th

 

NASA has set a launch window for the LOFTID mission commencing November 9th. It will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a ULA Atlas rocket with a new NOAA “polar weather satellite.” The LOFTID will unroll and inflate in low earth orbit when it departs from the top stage of the Atlas rocket.