Boeing spacecraft parachute test a success

UPI Saturday 5th May, 2012

Boeing completed a parachute test in Nevada for its new spacecraft, which would transport crews to and from the International Space Station, NASA said. A helicopter lifted the Crew Space Transportation spacecraft Wednesday about 10,000 feet above the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev., and dropped the capsule. A two-parachute sequence deployed, and the capsule dropped smoothly to the ground, cushioned by six inflated air bags, a release from ...

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