Main Parachute test

On October 2, 2009, NASA conducted a demonstration test of the Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV)'s main parachute test equipment. The demonstration was done at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. "The demonstration is part of a series of tests to support the design and development of the Orion parachute and recovery system, which is derived from the system NASA used to recover the Apollo spacecraft," NASA wrote on its Web site.