New technology successfully passed the first test. It is used during a mission to Mars, Mars 2020.
Space Agency NASA has tested the new technology Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE). Parachute for Mars successfully passed the test, according to the official website of the agency.
The parachute with the cargo was dropped from a rocket for passage through the atmosphere. It opened in four tenths of a second, which is a record for a device of this size. NASA also claims that ASPIRE set a world record for the fastest parachute opening.
During the manufacture of new items used nylon, techno and Kevlar fibers. This combination of materials.The parachute is going to be used during the Mars 2020 mission. It will deliver a research robot weighing 1050 kg to the surface of the planet. This will be the heaviest load of all descendants to Mars. After the test, ASPIRE was officially "attached" to the Martian mission.
On the eve of NASA showed the Earth from a distance of 43 million kilometers. The picture was sent by the space probe Parker Solar Probe. Earlier, the space agency showed how rocket noise was “killed” at the launch site.