Parafoil, developed by Space Recovery Research Center is fabric airfoil that maintains its shape by ram air pressure, is self-inflating, extremely light, and has shown life-to-drag ratios exceeding 3; tethered Parafoil demonstrated its ability to carry aloft cloud-seeding silver iodide flare; untethered Parafoil demonstrated gliding flight with small payload; characteristics, flight behavior, and size range.
Parafoil shows potential for spacecraft recovery
Missiles Rockets
Missiles and Rockets ; 16 , n 19
1965
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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