Image: Boeing tests parachute system for CST-100 spacecraft
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
The main parachutes deploy for Boeing's crew capsule during a parachute drop test on May 2, 2012. This is the second successful parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft, part of Boeing's effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry U.S. astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station.