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This cargo was delivered from orbit by a giant SpaceX hockey puck.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has successfully tested SpaceX’s disc-shaped Starfall reentry capsule in an effort to determine the viability of point-to-point rocket cargo deliveries. Starfall carried AFRL-developed cargo pods that were recovered after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, containing essential survival kits that might be needed on real emergency missions.
1/2AFRL posted on X: “Each pod contained representative mission equipment to study the effects of temperature, shock, and vibration of the cargo environments during launch and reentry.” Image: US Air Force Research Laboratory
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