Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL)
Langley Engineering conduct analyses, testing, concept development, and demonstrations to develop advanced Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) technologies enabling future human and robotic exploration and science missions, including aerobraking, aerocapture, advanced hypersonic and supersonic entry systems, terminal descent, and landing systems.
Engineering Directorate
Associate, Director for Entry, Descent & Landing
Ronald Merski
EDL Capabilities
Learn more about the capabilities of the Langley Engineering EDL team.
Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID)
NASA’s LOFTID is demonstrating a cross-cutting aeroshell — a type of heat shield — for atmospheric re-entry.
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Engineering EDL Leadership
Learn more about the leadership of the Langley Engineering EDL team.
Latest EDL News
In Space Production Applications News
NASA’s Roman Mission Gets Cosmic ‘Sneak Peek’ From Supercomputers
NASA Researcher Honored by Goddard Tech Office for Earth Science Work
NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science
