NASA ups the ante with Orion's latest parachute test

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NASA has upped the ante in its most recent test of the Orion spacecraft's parachute deployment system ahead of its maiden test flight (EFT-1) scheduled for launch later this year. Today's operation saw a test version of the Orion crew module falling through the skies above Arizona on the 14th of 17 planned drops designed to test a soft landing system which may one day protect astronauts returning from missions to Mars... Continue Reading NASA ups the ante with Orion's latest parachute test

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Tags: Boeing, NASA, Orion Spacecraft, Test

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