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  • NASA confident in finding fix for test parachute failure

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    Two frames from a video camera on-board NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test vehicle show the craft’s supersonic parachute inflate, then begin to tear apart. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech One day after a supersonic parachute crafted to land robots on Mars failed on a test flight high above Hawaii, NASA officials said Tuesday a jackpot of high-resolution video…

  • Huge parachute shredded during Mars entry experiment

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION After dropping from a high-altitude ballon, the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator’s Star 48 rocket motor fired (left) to propel the craft to an altitude of 180,000 feet. The vehicle’s supersonic parachute ripped apart (right) as it deployed. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Flying more than twice the speed of sound…

  • Mars entry testbed to fly Monday after weather delays

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    The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test vehicle is seen suspended from its balloon launch platform in Hawaii during a mission dress rehearsal May 29. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA is gearing up to fly a balloon-launched, rocket-powered test vehicle from Hawaii on Monday to wring out the design of a new supersonic parachute and entry probe scientists…