Orion Test Article Survives Parachute Drop Test

Credit: NASA
NASA’s Orion/Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle parachute test article touched down intact at the U.S. Army Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz., on July 24, following the program’s most challenging drop exercise to date. The mass simulator for the four-person capsule was dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-17...

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