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Ares Parachute Drop Test Failure

An investigation team has been assembled at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) following a failure that occurred on the third Parachute Drop Test (PDT) at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.The incident, which destroyed the Drop Test Vehicle (DTV), happened during a drop test of the pilot parachute on top of the DTV, which impacted the ground at such a speed, special excavation equipment is required to recover the nose of the DTV - which is buried 30 feet below the surface.  Read more

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 at 9:08 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Ares Parachute Drop Test Failure”

  1. Tom Steiner Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 3:15 pm

    Any word on the drop test that was supposed to take place this week at Yuma?

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