Saturday, March 3, 2012

Orion Update... Here are more photos from February 29's successful parachute test:

An Orion model is deployed from a C-17 aircraft for a parachute deployment test on February 29, 2012.
NASA

The Orion model falls away from the C-17 as parachutes begin to deploy from the spacecraft on February 29, 2012.
NASA

Parachutes deploy from the Orion model as it free falls to the ground on February 29, 2012.
NASA

The three main chutes are about to be deployed from the Orion model on February 29, 2012.
NASA

The three main chutes successfully deploy from the Orion model on February 29, 2012.
NASA

The Orion model safely touches down at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona following the successful parachute deployment test on February 29, 2012.
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