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NASA Parachute Sensor Testing Can Make Mars Landings Safer
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Pressure is applied to a test fixture with a nylon fabric sample until it fails at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The fabric in the test fixture forms a bubble when pressure is applied to the silicone bladder underneath. In this frame, the silicone bladder is visible underneath the torn fabric after it was inflated to failure. A similar test can be performed with a sensor on the fabric to verify the sensor will work when stretched in three dimensions.
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Credit lineNASA Parachute Sensor Testing Can Make Mars Landings Safer. NASA/AFRC, 2024-03-05. Public domain. ID: AFRC2024-0032-128.
