Magnetic Release Mechanism Succeeds in Flight

A team from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, prepares a Carbon-Z Cub to air launch the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-M, glider from a magnetic release mechanism on the cub.

A team from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, prepares a Carbon-Z Cub to air launch the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-M, glider from a magnetic release mechanism on the cub.

Photographer NASA/Lauren Hughes
Location AFRC
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