Credit: ESA
The European Space Agency (ESA) has suffered the loss of a Space Rider test vehicle during a drop test when the parafoil failed to deploy properly. The incident occurred this month during a system-level test. Space Rider is supposed to use a 27-m-long (88.5-ft), 10-m-wide parafoil to aid the landing...
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