News tagged with parachute
MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of taking pictures of the earth from space, we assume that a great deal of money has to be spent on high-tech equipment and complex vehicles to get the camera up there. But, ...
Oct 02, 2009 |
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An answer to green energy could be in the air
(PhysOrg.com) -- In Mark Moore's world, long nanotubes reach into the clouds, serving at once to tether a turbine-vehicle flying at 2,000 feet, or 10,000 feet, or 30,000 feet (610, 3,050 and 9,150 meters); ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 19, 2010 |
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2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight
(AP) -- Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2009 |
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High speed at the edge of space
Students from the Cambridge University Spaceflight team (CUSF) have successfully tested model parachutes for the ExoMars lander. The ExoMars lander project is a European-led robotic mission to Mars. Working in conjunction ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Microbe risk when rover wheels hit martian dirt
Earth microbes trying to make it to Mars must survive sterilization in NASA's clean rooms, harsh cosmic rays during months of space travel, and the Red Planet's unforgiving surface environment. But any bacteria ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Orion drop test on Jan. 06, 2012
(PhysOrg.com) -- After six months of testing, an 18,000 pound (8,165 kg) Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin on Jan. 6.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 09, 2012 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2010 |
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Testing Orion space capsule
(PhysOrg.com) -- Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,165 kg) Orion test article took its eight and final splash of the year into the Hydro Impact Basin on Dec. 13. Orion, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2011 |
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NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test
(AP) -- NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2009 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2009 |
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NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight
(AP) -- NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Nasa conducts new parachute test for Orion
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Feb. 29, NASA successfully conducted another 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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2012 |
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NASA fires up rocket sled hardware at China Lake
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA recently performed a trial run on a rocket sled test fixture, powered by rockets, to replicate the forces a supersonic spacecraft would experience prior to landing.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Slipper-shaped blood cells
Red blood cells, which make up 45 percent of blood, normally take the shape of circular cushions with a dimple on either side. But they can sometimes deform into an asymmetrical slipper shape. A team of physicists ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Swiss man performs aerial loops with jet wings
(AP) -- Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy has completed two aerial loops using a custom-made jet-propelled wingsuit.
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Parachute
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag. Parachutes are made out of cloth, most commonly nylon. Parachutes are often used to slow the descent of an object falling through an atmosphere. Drogue parachutes are also used to aid horizontal deceleration of a vehicle (a fixed-wing aircraft, or a drag racer), or to provide stability (tandem free-fall, or space shuttle after touchdown). The word "parachute" comes from a French word with a Ancient Greek prefix: "para", meaning "against" or "counter" in Ancient Greek, and "chute", the French word for "fall". Many modern parachutes are classified as semi-rigid wings, which are quite maneuverable, and can facilitate a controlled descent.
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