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Orion Drop Test Fails

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
August 6, 2008

NASA Orion Parachute Test Vehicle Fails Drop Test

“All but one of the 18 parachutes inflated. Although all other parts of the test and the system itself performed as intended, the parachute responsible for getting the mockup to the correct test conditions – called a programmer chute – did not inflate during the test. As a result, the test failed. The engineering team will be studying the hardware and the parachutes, as well as analyzing computer models and imagery, to determine what caused the problem.”

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