The Eglin Air Force Base airgun in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. This airgun is used to fire the probe with an aeroshell into a simulated Martian soil target at Mars impact velocities (approximately 400 miles per hour). The airgun has a 15" diameter barrel and is over 30 feet long!
NASA
1998-01-01
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