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Boeing to Design Guidance Parachute Technology for Mars Missions

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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16, 2004 -- Ballistic parachutes with drive slots for controlled descent already exist for terrestrial piloted systems, making them a low-risk approach to controlled descent on Mars. Photo courtesy of Irvin Aerospace Inc.

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dvd-795-1 Guidance Parachute (Neg#: dvd-795-1)
Photo Credit: Irvin Aerospace Inc.
Neg #: dvd-795-1
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