ExoMars low-altitude parachute drop test
The video features footage taken of the parachute deployment as seen from the ground, as well as from onboard GoPros fixed to the drop test vehicle and looking up at the parachute. The test focused on the deployment and inflation of the second main stage 35m-wide parachute, which will be the largest to fly on Mars.
Discussing the test are Stephane Langlois, ESA ExoMars engineer, and John Underwood, principal engineer at Vorticity.
The test was carried out by Vorticity Ltd under supervision of Thales Alenia Space France, Thales Alenia Space Italy and ESA, in Kiruna, Sweden, on 2 March 2018.
Credits: ESA & Vorticity Ltd
Great job ESA! Music is too loud and overpowers the dialogue but fine when no one is speaking.
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The parachute …
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Since mars doesn't have an atmosphere how the parachute will slow down the capsule?
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Turn down/off the music so we can listen to the guy?