{"id":592957,"date":"2024-01-12T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=592957"},"modified":"2024-01-12T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:22:18","slug":"nasas-wallops-c-130-plays-vital-role-in-successful-parachute-airdrop-test","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasas-wallops-c-130-plays-vital-role-in-successful-parachute-airdrop-test\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Wallops C-130 Plays Vital Role in Successful Parachute Airdrop Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">1 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA\u2019s Wallops C-130 Plays Vital Role in Successful Parachute Airdrop Test<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A NASA C-130 cargo aircraft, flying in clear skies, has dropped a test vehicle from its open cargo door. The test vehicle is shaped like a dart and has a large ring-like parachute attached to it.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 49%; object-position: 51% 49%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg 7936w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=300,145 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=768,372 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=1024,495 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=1536,743 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=2048,991 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=400,194 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=600,290 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=900,435 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=1200,581 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wallops-c130-ccpat-2024.jpg?resize=2000,968 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA’s C-130 cargo aircraft releases a dart-shaped test vehicle above the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground on Jan. 9 to begin the testing sequence for a Boeing Starliner parachute system. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s C-130 Hercules, managed at Wallops Flight Facility\u2019s Aircraft Office in Virginia, provided aerial delivery support for a successful commercial crew parachute airdrop test Jan. 9 at the U.S. Army\u2019s Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. This week\u2019s testing was in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/commercial-space\/commercial-crew-program\/commercial-crew-program-overview\/\">NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/a> and partner, Boeing, which are developing crew transportation capability to and from the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up for testing was a modified parachute system for Boeing\u2019s Starliner spacecraft. The system, which involved two ringsail parachutes, required a demonstration set in stressed conditions to certify successful deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the demonstration, the Wallops C-130 team deployed a 27,000-pound payload comprised of the Parachute Compartment Drop Test Vehicle and Mid-Altitude Deployment System. The team released the payload from an altitude of 13,000 feet while coordinating and timing their efforts with U.S. Army UH-60s and a NASA AFRC B-200 aircraft used to capture photos and video documentation of the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wallops C-130 team has supported 16 successful commercial crew parachute airdrop tests since 2018. 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