Paraglider, NASA history collection
Summary
James R. Hansen wrote: "In December 1961, Langley flight-tested a 50-foot parawing's ability to bring down safely a model of a manned space capsule from a few thousand feet above Plum Tree Island, an old army bombing range near Langley Field.
NASA Identifier: L61-8041
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nasa
paraglider
dvids
langley air force base
washington dc
experimental aircraft
nasa history collection
Date
1969
Location
Source
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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