Orion spacecraft landing test. View of three parachutes (orange) gently lowering a mock-up Orion spacecraft capsule to the ground during testing. This

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Orion spacecraft landing test. View of three parachutes (orange) gently lowering a mock-up Orion spacecraft capsule to the ground during testing. This test verified that the parachute design for the spacecraft, which will take humans farther than they've ever been before and return them to Earth at greater speeds than ever before, will work in the event that one of the capsule's two drogue parachutes malfunctions. Photographed at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, USA, on 20th December 2012.

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