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...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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