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Better Parachute Systems for Mars Missions Studied by NASA

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Tom Patton
Aug 09, 2022
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Researchers at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California are studying better parachute systems for Mars Missions by searching for and testing sensors to aid parachute designers.

“Attempts to understand and develop the design of supersonic parachutes have shown that parachutes can fail unpredictably.”

Erick Rossi De La Fuente, a NASA A…

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