{"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":"
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The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy, or EPIC<\/a>, test experiment deploys following an air launch from an Alta X drone on June 4, 2025, at 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

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

Image Credit: NASA\/Christopher LC Clark<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t