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Simulated Parachute Failures Can't Keep NASA From Landing Orion Test Version Safely

2013-05-02 10:31:59

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online During a simulation of two types of parachute failures this past Wednesday, a test version of NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a safe landing. The mock capsule was traveling approximately 250 mph during the test in Yuma, Arizona, when the parachutes were deployed. This is the highest speed reached by the craft as part of a series of tests designed to certify the parachute system for carrying humans. The mission’s engineers rigged...

Success Continues As NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult

2013-05-01 12:21:59

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely landed during a simulation of two types of parachute failures Wednesday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) In the test, conducted in Yuma, Ariz., the mock capsule was traveling about 250 mph 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 parachute system for...

Test Shows NASA'S Orion Can Land Safely On Two Of Three Parachutes

2013-02-13 10:21:03

NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency's Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three main parachutes fails to inflate during deployment. The test was conducted Tuesday in Yuma, Ariz., with the parachutes attached to a test article. Engineers rigged the parachutes so only two would inflate, leaving the third to flag behind, when the test capsule was dropped from a plane 25,000 feet above the Arizona desert. "Today is a great validation of the parachute system," said Chris...

NASA'S Orion Lands Safely On Two Of Three Parachutes In Test

2013-02-12 12:21:17

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency's Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three main parachutes fails to inflate during deployment. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The test was conducted Tuesday in Yuma, Ariz., with the parachutes attached to a test article. Engineers rigged the parachutes so only two would inflate, leaving the third to flag behind, when the test capsule was...

NASA Successfully Tests Orion’s Parachute Backup System

NASA Successfully Tests Orion Spacecraft’s Parachute Backup System

2012-12-21 14:32:49

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA has completed a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona. This latest achievement for the future NASA spacecraft marks another step towards achieving its first flight test in 2014. The space agency said the test helped to verify that Orion will be able to land safely even if one of its two drogue parachutes does not open during descent. The end goal for...

NASA Puts Orion Backup Parachutes To The Test

2012-12-20 16:20:43

HOUSTON, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA completed the latest in a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft Thursday at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona, marking another step toward a first flight test in 2014. The test verified Orion can land safely even if one of its two drogue parachutes does not open during descent. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) Orion will take humans farther into space than...

Boeing Tests Parachute System For CST-100 Spacecraft

2012-05-07 03:00:41

The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft May 2, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry U.S. astronauts to and from low Earth orbit (LEO) and the International Space Station. A helicopter lifted the CST-100 crew capsule to about 10,000 feet above the Delmar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. A drogue parachute deployment sequence was initiated, followed by...

NASA's Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Parachute Test

2012-05-04 03:20:05

The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft Wednesday, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry U.S. astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit (LEO) and the International Space Station. A helicopter lifted the CST-100 crew capsule to about 14,000 feet above the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. A drogue parachute deployment sequence was initiated, followed by...

NASA's Commercial Crew Partner Boeing Completes Parachute Test

2012-05-03 10:20:32

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft Wednesday, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry U.S. astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit (LEO) and the International Space Station. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) A helicopter lifted the CST-100 crew capsule to about 14,000...

NASA Continues Orion Parachute Testing for Future Test Flight

2012-04-17 10:20:39

HOUSTON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA today successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test, Exploration Flight Test -1, in 2014. Orion will carry astronauts deeper into space than ever before, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and ensure a safe re-entry and landing. (Logo:...