Parachute Tests
June 25, 2009
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lifts a parachute drop test vehicle to an elevation of 10,000 feet above a Yuma, Ariz., test range as part of a series of tests that will aid in development of the booster recovery system for NASA's Ares I crew launch vehicle.
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Technology Internet, Disaster Accident, Spaceflight, Spacecraft, Space exploration, Proposed Constellation missions, Ares I-X, Apollo program, Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle, Ares, Ares I, Mercury program, Human spaceflight, Project Constellation, Arizona, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, CH-47 Chinook, Yuma
