JSC2010-E-165931 (21 Sept. 2010) — The NASA Orion Crew Module Parachute Assembly System team completed a parachute airdrop test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds test range in Yuma, Ariz. The test started with the parachute being dropped from a C-130 aircraft. The objective of the airdrop test was to determine the effect of increasing the main
JSC2010-E-165931 (21 Sept. 2010) — The NASA Orion Crew Module Parachute Assembly System team completed a parachute airdrop test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds test range in Yuma, Ariz. The test started with the parachute being dropped from a C-130 aircraft. The objective of the airdrop test was to determine the effect of increasing the main parachute geometric porosity on a single parachute, which may provide increased parachute stability when placed in a cluster configuration. The porosity was increased by removing a set of panels in the canopy of the main parachute being tested. Photo credit: U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds