NASA Using Historic Facility For Capsule Testing

Credit: NASA Langley Research Center
Engineers at Langley Research Center are using a $1.7 million, 1-million-gal. basin to test a mockup of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) for its performance in the water landings that will be common to many of the next-generation U.S. crew transports in development (see photos). Testing...

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