On a Tuesday drop test engineers successfully demonstrated that the Orion capsule could land safely if one of its three parachutes failed.

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On a Tuesday drop test engineers successfully demonstrated that the Orion capsule could land safely if one of its three parachutes failed.

February 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM

On a Tuesday drop test engineers successfully demonstrated that the Orion capsule could land safely if one of its three parachutes failed.

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Blair Ivey says:
Posted February 13, 2013 at 10:05 PM

I’m curious if Apollo had to demonstrate the same capability.

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