NASA, SpaceX Analyzing Dragon Parachute Issue

Irene Klotz February 03, 2022
A thermal imaging system aboard a NASA WB-57 aircraft captured the nighttime descent and splashdown of the SpaceX Crew-2 capsule on Nov. 8. One of the four main parachutes, which deploy at an altitude of about 6,500 ft., was slow to fully inflate.
Credit: NASA TV
During the return of SpaceX’s 24th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission—an uncrewed cargo run to the International Space Station (ISS)—a single main parachute lagged during inflation on Jan. 24, NASA said in a statement to Aerospace DAILY. The same scenario occurred during the splashdown of...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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