{"id":271247,"date":"2025-08-23T00:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=d6e3a1e7e0f5ca62a8eb04adb5211e6f"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:47:36","slug":"epic-research-can-help-mars-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=271247","title":{"rendered":"Epic Research Can Help Mars Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?w=1365\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A parachute carrying a capsule is fully open against a canvas of deep blue sky.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg 2810w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afrc2025-0094-0864orig.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Christopher LC Clark<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasa-tests-epic-solution-for-supersonic-parachute-deliveries\/\">EPIC<\/a>, test experiment deploys following an air launch from an Alta X drone on June 4, 2025, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/armstrong\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/armstrong\/\">NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/a> in Edwards, California. NASA researchers are developing technology to make supersonic parachutes safer and more reliable for delivering instruments and payloads to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>The flight tests were a first step toward filling gaps in computer models to improve supersonic parachutes. This work could also open the door to future partnerships, including with the aerospace and auto racing industries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Christopher LC Clark<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy, or EPIC, test experiment deploys following an air launch from an Alta X drone on June 4, 2025, at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA researchers are developing technology to make supersonic parachutes safer and more reliable for delivering instruments and payloads [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15602,15807],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-armstrong-flight-research-center","category-flight-innovation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271342,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271247\/revisions\/271342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}