
The Orion parachute system enters another phase of its descent after an air launch from a C-17 aircraft on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Photographers and videographers from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston documented a test version of the Orion during Capsule Parachute Assembly System project tests at the U.S. Army Proving Ground, near Yuma, Arizona.
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ED12-0223-203
Date Created
July 18, 2012
Center
AFRC
Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Carla Thomas
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