SpaceX Tests Space Capsuole
Department:
Privatizing Spaceflight
Teaser:
"The private company has taken another step toward carrying astronauts to the International Space Station."
Source:
Technology Review RSS Feeds Download time: Aug 26 2010 8:44 AM ET
Space Exploration Technologies (or SpaceX) has successfully drop-tested a capsule designed to take cargo and crew to the International Space Station. The capsule, called Dragon, was dropped from 4,240 meters to validate its parachutes and splashdown systems. It has three main parachutes, each 35 meters wide, which are used to slow the spacecraft's descent, and thrusters that fire to help it navigate to it's landing location.…
