SpaceX Completes Crew Dragon Parachute Testing

SpaceX's final test of Crew Dragon’s upgraded Mark 3 parachutes.
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX completed the 27th and final test of its Mk. 3 parachutes on May 1, one of the final milestones before NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley are cleared for a flight test aboard a Crew Dragon capsule. The launch, targeted for May 27, will be the first manned orbital...

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