Image: Supersonic parachute testing

Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 08:32 in Astronomy & Space

This parachute deployed at supersonic velocity from a test capsule hurtling down towards snow-covered northern Sweden from 679 km up, proving a crucial technology for future spacecraft landing systems.

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