ARC-2009-ACD09-0053-005
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) parachuste test in the NASA Ames 80x120ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel at Moffett Field, Calif. (TR #22 - Phase 6) is the largest ever built to fly on an extraterrestrail mission. This image shows the qualification-test parachute beginning to open a few seconds after it was launched from a mortar into an 80-mile-per-hour (36-meter-per-second) wind.
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NASA ID
ARC-2009-ACD09-0053-005
Date Created
April 8, 2009
Center
ARC
Media Type
image
Photographer
Dominic Hart
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