Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Orion test article prior to being deployed from a C-17 cargo plane for a parachute test on July 18, 2012.
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Orion Update... Earlier today, another parachute test was conducted for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle 25,000 feet above the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. The test, which was done in preparation for the Exploration Flight Test-1 mission that will launch into space from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 2014, was performed to see how the vehicle would react if one of its three main parachutes inflated too quickly after deployment. Orion safely touched down in the Arizona desert minutes after being dropped from a C-17 cargo plane that brought the spacecraft airborne, successfully concluding the demonstration.

The Orion test article is about to be deployed from a C-17 cargo plane for a parachute test on July 18, 2012.
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The three main parachutes on the Orion test article successfully deploy above the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, on July 18, 2012.
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The Orion test article successfully lands at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, on July 18, 2012.
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Engineers tend to the Orion test article after it successfully landed at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, on July 18, 2012.
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The Orion test article is brought back into a hangar after successfully performing another parachute test at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, on July 18, 2012.
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