NASA’s Orion Completes Final Parachute Test

HOUSTON—Just as engineered, NASA’s Orion Crew Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) executed an 11-parachute deployment sequence while falling 6 1/2 mi. through the sunny skies over the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona, early Sept. 12. The test completed a more than decade-long development...

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