Boeing Space Exploration of Houston said May 3 that it had successfully completed the second parachute drop test of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-IOO spacecraft at the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. The test demonstrated the performance of the entire landing system, Boeing said in a press release. The CST-100 test article was lifted by helicopter to roughly 4,200 meters and dropped, initiating a drogue parachute deployment sequence that was followed by deployment of the main parachute. Six inflated airbags cushioned the test article's landing.
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