NASA conducts second test of Ares first-stage main parachute
CHUTE TEST: NASA has again tested the main recovery parachute for the Ares I and Ares V first-stage rockets during a drop test Nov. 15 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Outfitted with a 42,000-pound weight to simulate the load, the parachute was dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-17 at...
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