NASA sets a world record with its "supersonic parachute" of March 2020

Photo credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech [19659003] The second stage of the Black Brant IX rocket separates from the payload ASPIRE [19659003NASAcreatedaworldrecordwithits"supersonicparachute"fortheMarch2020missionwhichsurvivedaloadof37000kgandwasdeployedinjustfourtenthsofasecond-twiceasfastasthesound

Less than two minutes after launching a 17-meter (17.7-meter) Black Brant IX rocket on September 7, a payload separates and begins to dive into the Earth.

When the onboard sensors determined that the payload had reached the appropriate height and Mach number, she deployed a nylon fiber parachute, Technora and Kevlar.

tenths of a second, the bi parachute of 180 pounds "This was the fastest inflation in the history of a parachute of this size and it created a maximum load of nearly 37,000 kg (70,000 pounds), "said NASA. [19659005] This was the third and final test flight of the Supersonic Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Project (ASPIRE), which conducted a series of rocket tests to help decide which parachute design use in the March 2020 mission.

"March 2020 will carry the heaviest payload to the surface of Mars and, like all our previous missions on Mars, we have only a parachute and it must work", has said John McNamee, JPL's March 2020 Project Leader.

"The ASPIRE tests have shown with remarkable accuracy the reaction of our parachute when deployed in a supersonic flow over Mars.And let me tell you that it looks beautiful" , he added.

The 37,000 kg load was the highest ever survived with a supersonic parachute.

This is about 85% more than what scientists do. are waiting at all March 2020, parachute to meet when deployed in the atmosphere of Mars.

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