Capsule makes a splash in NASA test, and the scientists are pleased

Saturday, August 27, 2016 - 18:01 in Astronomy & Space

A full-scale replica of the next-generation Orion crew spacecraft, tipped at a 90-degree angle, hung from cables 40 feet in the air from the huge, historic gantry at NASA’s Langley Research Center. At the close of a 15-second countdown, the capsule swung left. Then, with a bang from the explosive...

Read the whole article on LA Times - Science

More from LA Times - Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net