Controlled Hover Test Flight | WIRED

To find out more about this video, check out the story on here: Subscribe to WIRED ►► This video collage provides several views of the robotic lander prototype during its second free flight test. The lander is captured in flight from overhead and side mounted cameras in high definition and infrared video. The infrared video allows engineers to see how the vehicle is behaving thermally as well as how the thrusters pulse during test since the thruster plumes are invisible to the naked eye. CONNECT WITH WIRED Web: Twitter: Facebook: Google : Instagram: Magazine: Newsletter: ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics. Controlled Hover Test Flight | WIRED