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The article reports on the successful Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) conducted by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), with a goal of safely landing people to the surface of planet Mars in the future.

The article reports that the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis is likely to land in the end of June 2007. The indication was given on June 16, 2007 after it was found that the heat shield of the shuttle can withstand re-entering Earth's atmosphere. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is sensitive about the shuttle's heat shields as the Columbia space accident had killed seven astronauts in 2003.