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Orion’s three main orange and white parachutes help a representative model of the spacecraft descend through sky above Arizona, where NASA engineers tested the parachute system on Sept. 13, 2017, at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma. NASA is qualifying Orion’s parachutes for missions with astronauts. via NASA ift.tt/2xBoGYR
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Orion Parachutes Measure Up in High Pressure Test was taken on September 14, 2017 at 05:30AM