SpaceX Crew Dragon : SpaceX achieves key milestone in safety testing of Crew Dragon parachutes

SpaceX is continuing to edge towards the next launch of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, with the vehicle's parachute system the latest critical component to be put through its paces.
SpaceX has experienced a couple of hiccups since docking an unmanned Crew Dragon capsule with the International Space Station back in March. Engine testing the following month then ended in a launchpad explosion, which follow-up investigations revealed to be the result of a leaky valve.
A perhaps less dramatic failure also came in April, as SpaceX continued testing the spacecraft's parachute system that will be responsible for bringing any astronauts aboard safely back down to Earth. This test run took place with one of the SpaceX Crew Dragon's four chutes disabled, to test its ability to land using just three in case of emergency.
Those three also failed to open properly, which sent SpaceX back to the drawing board to rethink the design. While the test wasn't successful, the data SpaceX gained throughout offered new insights on the structural margins and the ideal configuration, culminating in what the company calls its Mark 3 parachutes.
In this video Engineering Today will discuss SpaceX's upgraded Crew Dragon Mark 3 parachutes which breeze through 13 drop tests. SpaceX achieves a key milestone in safety testing of Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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