Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center are using the Landing and Impact Research Facility to test the seat pallet that will protect astronauts in the planned Orion crew capsule from the shock of landing.
Requirements call for Orion to be able to parachute-land anywhere on Earth after returning from space, although the nominal spot would be in the Pacific Ocean off Catalina Island, Calif. To test the pallet and its "energy-absorbing struts," the 20,000-pound test article is dropped 18 feet onto a crushable honeycomb material designed to simulate different landing surfaces.
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