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Tests of a Vortex-Ring Parachute at Supersonic Speed

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Uploaded by on Aug 10, 2009

Footage of 1960 NASA Langley Research Center research into re-entry parachute configurations. The vortex-ring parachute tested in this footage was towed supersonically behind a conical-nosed cylindrical body and tested in the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel. Langley Film #L-560

For more on the Unitary Tunnel, see http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/1251

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  • YESSSS thank you very much! Iv been looking for this forgotten footage and technology!

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