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NASA completes new series of tests on the Orion spacecraft
Yuma, USA - Simulation of two types of parachute failures on the capsule
NASA, the American space agency, communicated it completed during the past days a simulation of two types of parachute failures on the Orion spacecraft. In the test, conducted in Yuma, Arizona, the mock capsule was traveling about 250 mph (a bit more than 400 km/h) when the parachutes were deployed. That is the highest speed the craft has experienced as part of the test series designed to certify Orion's...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1151885
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency