News tagged with drogue parachute

Image: Boeing tests parachute system for CST-100 spacecraft

The main parachutes deploy for Boeing's crew capsule during a parachute drop test on May 2, 2012. This is the second successful parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft, part of Boe ...

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's commercial crew partner Boeing completes parachute test

The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft Wednesday, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry ...

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created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA continues Orion parachute testing for future test flight

(Phys.org) -- NASA today successfully conducted a drop 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 ...

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NASA Sets Payload Record as Part of Parachute Development Test

(PhysOrg.com) -- Under a brilliant early morning Arizona sky, NASA conducted a successful, record-breaking test of a drogue parachute being designed to return next-generation space vehicles safely to Earth.

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created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Ares Super-chute

NASA and U.S. Air Force test pilots have just dropped a 50,000-pound "dummy" rocket booster on the Arizona desert--and stopped it before it crashed. It's all part of NASA's plan to return to the Moon.

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz.

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0