A test version of NASA’s Orion space capsule made a parachute drop near Yuma Arizona on Tuesday with only two of its three parachutes working. Dropped from a Hercules transport from an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 m), it wasn't an accident, but a deliberate nobbling of one of the chutes by NASA engineers to prove the capsule could safely return to Earth in the event of such a failure... Continue Reading Two parachutes out of three ain’t bad for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
Section: Science and Education
Tags: NASA, Orion Spacecraft, Space, Spacecraft
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