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RSS NASA STS-133 Mission Updates

  • VAB Preps Continue for Discovery
  • VAB Teams Prepare to Welcome Discovery
  • Discovery to be Placed on Transporter
  • Discovery Prepping for Transport Loading
  • Discovery Preps Focus on Landing Gear Tires
  • Tool Stowage Assembly Goes into Discovery Today
  • Discovery's Engines to be Configured Today
  • Discovery's Processing Goes Smoothly Ahead of Rollover
  • Leak Checks Today for Discovery
  • OMS Pod Leak Testing Today

SPLAT !!*#$%^!!

By Rick on 22 August 2008 at 5:51PM
NASA's Shuttle Successor Fails Parachute Test:

A mock-up of NASA's Orion space shuttle successor twisted, tumbled and fell from thousands of feet up after a parachute failed to inflate properly during a July 31 test.

Video at YouTube.

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