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Testing the Orion Crew Vehicle's Parachutes

Posted on Sunday, April 22, 2012
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Testing the Orion Crew Vehicle's Parachutes
Image credit: NASA

Uploader comment: On April 17, 2012, NASA conducted a test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test, Exploration Flight Test-1. The primary objectives were to determine how the entire system would respond if one of the three main parachutes inflated too quickly and to validate the drogue parachute design by testing at a high dynamic pressure that closely mimicked the environments expected for Exploration Flight Test-1.


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