• Parachute and wiring attached to the vehicle.
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    At the start of the Gemini program in 1961, NASA considered having the two-man Gemini capsule land on a runway after its return from space, rather than parachute into the ocean. This controlled descent and landing was to be accomplished by deploying an inflatable paraglider wing of the type invented by Francis Rogallo and NASA's Langley Research Center. This full-scale, manned Test Tow Vehicle (TTV) was built to test the Gemini paraglider wing in flight. Highlighted in this image is the parachute of the Gemini TTV-1 Paraglider Capsule.

  • Parachute and wiring attached to the vehicle.

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April 17, 2019

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Mark Avino

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NASM2019-01897

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