NASA is testing a shock absorber system for use on the next-generation U.S. spacecraft, Orion, at the NASA Langley Research Center, Va. Shock absorbers are needed because Orion will be a space capsule, like the old Mercury and Apollo spacecraft, coming down to Earth hanging from parachutes, instead of gliding back to land smoothly on a runway like the existing, soon-to-retire space shuttles. At NASA Langley, the space agency has begun testing Orion capabilities to take the impact of touchdown…
NASA Langley Center Tests Shock Absorbers On Orion Spacecraft Seats To Lessen Impact Of Slamming Down In Return To Earth
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