ESA tests its giant Mars mission parachute

The 154-pound parachute and its 3 miles of cords had to be folded a specific way in order to deploy properly while attached to a 1,100-pound test load. During the trial, the system successfully triggered its release 12 seconds after a smaller pilot chute was inflated. It took two-and-a-half minutes for it to reach the …

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