1963 NASA Langley Research Center footage of re-entry vehicle testing. This particular model was equipped with a canted multiple air-bag load alleviating system to help absorb impact energy. These tests were carried out in the Impacting Structures Facility, later redesigned into the Vortex Research Facility.
For more on this research facility, see http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/720B.
Langley catalog #L-785
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