High Altitude Test of a 40-Foot Diameter Ringsail Parachute

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Uploaded by on Aug 12, 2009

1970 NASA Langley Research Center test film showing an in-flight deployment of a ringsail-type parachute at high altitude. The parachute was deployed at Mach 2.95 and part of a series of tests to develop a parachute for space vehicle re-entry use.

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