NASA Tuesday successfully completed another parachute test of its Orion spacecraft high above the skies of the U.S. Yuma Army Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona. The test examined the maximum ...
a series of six main parachute drop tests in the development of the deceleration system for the first stage of NASA’s Ares I crew launch vehicle on Sept. 25 at the Army Yuma Proving Grounds. The ...
"The overall purpose of this test series is to demonstrate the successful operation of the two parachute, three-stage system within the flight trajectory conditions ...