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SpaceX engineers prepared the 12,000 pound
Dragon test article to be lifted 8,000 feet

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from Morro Bay, California and flown out over
the Pacific Ocean.

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SpaceX employees worked around-the-clock on
the days leading up to the company's parachute

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test.

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Heavy wind, dense fog and high seas along
the coast of California didn't deter their

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enthusiasm as they prepared to test the parachute
system that could safely splash down NASA's

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astronaut crew following an in-flight anomaly.

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Two drogue parachutes deployed after the Dragon
test article was released, slowing the vehicle

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before the three main parachutes deployed.

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The vehicle splashed down and was quickly
recovered by a helicopter and carried approximately

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9 miles back to shore.

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SpaceX is one of NASA's commercial partners
working to develop the next generation of