[ad_1] Jason Rhian September 13, 2018 The parachute of the Orion spacecraft performed a series of eight tests on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. Photo credit: NASA After years of development and infrastructure …
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[ad_1] The atmospheric drag will absorb most of this speed, but it will still move at 300 mph (483 km / h), slowing down at subsonic speed. The latter must be reduced …
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[ad_1] NASA tested the parachutes of the Orion spacecraft on March 16, 2018, at the Yuma field of the US Army in Arizona. Credit: James Blair / NASA NASA will perform its …
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[ad_1] For Wednesday's event, NASA will drop an Orion test capsule from a C-17 military aircraft at an altitude of more than six miles. It will be used to verify that the …
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