Loading Operations for Orion Spacecraft Parachute Test

A test version of the Orion spacecraft is loaded onto a C-17 aircraft in preparation for the 10th in a series of evaluations of its parachute system. During the test on July 24, 2013, the mock capsule was dropped from a C-17 aircraft at its highest altitude yet, 35,000 feet above the Arizona desert. via Pocket http://www.nasa.gov/content/loading-operations-for-orion-spacecraft-parachute-test