Wednesday, 18 July 2018

Orion Parachutes Chalk Up Another Test Success in Arizona


The parachute system for Orion, America’s spacecraft that will carry humans to deep space, deployed as planned after being dropped from an altitude of 6.6 miles on July 12, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona. via NASA https://ift.tt/2Nr9KQX
at
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Best of 2025: Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) Projected on Washington Monument

Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off the nat...

  • Sulaiman Mountain Haze
    An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this oblique photograph of the Sulaiman Mountains in central Pakistan. The range r...
  • Spitzer Space Telescope Captures Galactic Snack
    This image of the Andromeda galaxy uses data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope. Multiple wavelengths are shown, revealing stars (...
  • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
    This image of Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot and surrounding turbulent zones was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced im...