NASA drops replica Orion spacecraft to test parachutes
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) " NASA says it successfully tested the Orion spacecraft's parachutes by dropping a replica spacecraft from an Air Force transport aircraft over a desert test site in southwestern Arizona.The Friday morning test used two of Orion's three main parachutes to simulate the failure of the third and still sufficiently slow the spacecraft for a landing.NASA systems engineer Jim McMichael says the test "went really well."McMichael says 10-ton (10.16-metric ton) [...]
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