NASA is going to test the Orion spacecraft and its parachute for landing. This is going to be the first time that the Orion spacecraft will be tested for its landing.
The NASA spacecraft, Orion capsule, will, one day, help astronauts and maybe non-astronauts go into space, specifically Mars, faster and safer. It is scheduled to do a parachute testing tomorrow, March 8, Space reported.
The Orion spacecraft is very much capable of bringing human passengers to the moon and Mars and back to Earth. However, its landing is a bit unstable. It will rely upon its landing to the parachute attached to it. Just like the Apollo spacecraft, Orion needs to make its parachute system for it to land perfectly back here on Earth. At tomorrow's testing, NASA scientists will find out what will happen if an astronaut decided to an abort sequence. In a case of emergency, like if the rocket that Orion is riding will have a problem, it will easily detach itself from it and will go back to Earth using its parachute system.
NASA has reported that it has been tested before. NASA even invited the media to watch how it was done. There will be a total of eight air-drop test before it could go to space with passengers. NASA even wants to bring two astronauts in the future test flight to make sure of the outcome. The coming test flight or landing is scheduled to happen at exactly 7:30 a.m. local time or 9:30 a.m. EST/1430 GMT. It will be at the same place like before, at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
At tomorrow's parachute testing, NASA will test the speed of the two drogue parachutes. It will also test the three main parachutes for its landing. Since Orion's parachute system has a total of 11 parachutes, the three first deployed will be fast, and then the two is at mid speed while the last three will be at 20 mph [32 km/h] only. It will significantly slow down the landing.
