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Description: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) test parachute at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California which has the world's largest wind tunnel. The MSL parachute is the largest parachute ever made for an extraterrestrial mission with a diameter of nearly 16 meters (51 feet). The parachute uses 80 suspension lines and is made mostly of nylon except for a small disk of polyester. Both the MSL parachute and the MSL test parachute were made by Pioneer Aerospace.
Title: 20090422MSLtestparachute
Credit: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=92
Author: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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