Nasa Drops Replica Orion Spacecraft To Test Parachutes

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Fri, 12/15/2017 - 10:59am

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) replica was "sitting perfectly upright" after bouncing once when it landed at the Yuma Proving Ground, an Army installation.

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Nasa Drops Replica Orion Spacecraft To Test Parachutes

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