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Aircraft and space: NASA continues Orion capsule tests
Washington, USA - "A step toward the Red Planet"
Nasa has completed another successful test of its Orion capsule. In particular, Nasa tested the vehicle landing parachutes. The test was operated over the Arizona desert, and is part of the programme which aims at a spacecraft orbital flight test in 2014. An AC-17 aircraft dropped a test version of the Orion capsule from an altitude of 25,000 feet above the US Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona....
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1143604
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency