Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula | 412th Test Wing | 12.15.2017
A mockup of an Orion spacecraft is released from a C-17 Globemaster III Dec. 15 over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron joined Army, NASA and contractor personnel to participate in the test of the Orion’s parachute landing system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher A. Okula)...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula | 412th Test Wing | 12.13.2017
Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Army and NASA personnel, prepare a mockup of a NASA Orion spacecraft aboard a C-17 Globemaster on loan from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 15. The spacecraft was airdropped over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona as part of a test of the craft’s parachute landing system. NASA is continuing contingency tests of the Capsule......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Okula | 412th Test Wing | 12.11.2017
The Orion spacecraft Capsule Parachute Assembly System team pose for a photo before the mockup spacecraft is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Dec. 11, in Yuma, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher A. Okula)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground | 08.26.2015
On April 3, 2023, NASA announced the crew for Artemis II, the first non-test flight of the Orion Space Capsule, currently scheduled for 2025. The mission’s pilot is slated to be Victor Glover, who witnessed multiple developmental tests of the craft’s Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground. Here, Glover (center) speaks to media representatives in the......
