NASA completes another splashdown test on Mars-bound Orion spacecraft

 Today, NASA tossed a mock-up of their Orion spacecraft with two crash-test dummies sitting inside into a pool to simulate a return-to-Earth splashdown scenario. The test lasted all of about ten seconds and is ninth test of a ten-part water impact series NASA began conducting in April. For today’s test, Orion was swung like a pendulum to simulate a scenario where one of its parachutes… Read More