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RSS NASA STS-130 Mission Updates

  • Discovery on Tap for Rollout to Pad
  • Discovery Being Prepped for Rollout
  • Two Shuttles, Two Crews on the Move
  • Two Shuttles, Two Crews on the Move
  • Endeavour and Discovery do Shuttle Shuffle
  • Mission Managers Praise Flawless Mission
  • Endeavour Astronauts Head Back to Crew Quarters
  • Endeavour's Final Checkout
  • Astronauts Depart Endeavour
  • Crew Transport Vehicle in Place

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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