NASA has been forced to delay the test launch of its prototype, flying-saucer-shaped Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) due to inclement weather.

According to NBC News, the delay is the fourth one of the week for the spacecraft NASA envisions one day making a trip to Mars. The space agency still plans to launch the test flight from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii and fly the saucer over the Pacific Ocean.

"Due to weather conditions, there will be no launch of the LDSD test vehicle on Wednesday, June 11. The next potential launch date is Saturday, June 14," NASA said in a statement.

The first test flight was scheduled for Tuesday, June 3 and was then rescheduled for June 5, 7 and Monday, the ninth. "Wind conditions have been the prevailing factor in the launch delays," NASA spokeswoman Shannon Ridinger told NBC News last weekend.

The LDSD will travel upward to 120,000 feet before rocket blasters will take it to 180,000 feet. When it is on the way down, the LDSD will deploy an "inner tube" that will lengthen its diameter to 20 feet and act as a strong parachute, enabling a soft landing on the water. In a potential future mission to Mars, the LDSD would be used to perform a soft landing on the Red Planet.

"The LDSD team examined the weather records of PMRF [the Pacific Missile Range Facility] during the past two years, day-by-day, to pick the optimal time of year for cooperative atmosphere and winds," NASA spokesman David Steitz told NBC News. "This year, however, Mother Nature appears to have new plans for the winds over Hawaii."

In Dec., NASA will test another deep-space spacecraft, the Orion crew module that will one day take astronauts farther into space than ever previously achieved. According to a NASA press release, Orion will fly 3,600 feet above the Earth, circle our planet twice then perform a soft landing into the Pacific Ocean.