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NASA Works to Improve Supersonic Parachutes for Mars Missions
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NASA Works to Improve Supersonic Parachutes for Mars Missions

NASA / AFRC · 2025-06-04 · photograph (digital archive)

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Derek Abramson, left, and Justin Link, right, attach an Alta X drone to the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy test experiment on June 4, 2025, at NASA’s Armstong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Abramson is NASA chief engineer at the center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory, where Link also works as a pilot for small uncrewed aircraft systems.

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AFRCsupersonic parachutesflexible canopy sensorsbondingMarsEdwards Air Force BaseCaliforniaEPICdroneair launch
Credit lineNASA Works to Improve Supersonic Parachutes for Mars Missions. NASA/AFRC, 2025-06-04. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0094-0020.
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