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The Orion spacecraft Capsule Parachute Assembly System team pose for a photo before the mockup spacecraft is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Dec. 11, in Yuma, Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher A. Okula)


418th FLTS supports NASA in Orion spacecraft parachute test

Airmen and testers from the 418th Flight Test Squadron, Army and NASA personnel, prepare a mockup of a NASA Orion spacecraft aboard a C-17 Globemaster on loan from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 15. The spacecraft was airdropped over the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona as part of a test of the craft’s parachute landing system. NASA is continuing contingency tests of the Capsule Parachute Assembly System, or CPAS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher A. Okula)

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The British steam car performs its basic operational trial April 1, 2009, at former World War II Royal Air Force Base Thorney Island in England. Steam heated by liquid petroleum powered the car. The car was brought to Edwards Air Force Base, California, to use the lake bed as a natural environment to test the car's technology. (Courtesy photo)
The British steam car performs its basic operational trial April 1, 2009, at former World War II Royal Air Force Base Thorney Island in England. Steam heated by liquid petroleum powered the car. The car was brought to Edwards Air Force Base, California, to use the lake bed as a natural environment to test the car's technology. (Courtesy photo)
(U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong)
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(U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong)
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Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, gives closing remarks at Chapel 1 to conclude Team Edwards’ celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy Jan. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, gives closing remarks at Chapel 1 to conclude Team Edwards’ celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy Jan. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander, gives closing remarks at Chapel 1 to conclude Team Edwards’ celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy Jan. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenji Thuloweit)
Two F-35 Lightning IIs from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base took part in the traditional flyover at the beginning of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade Jan. 1, 2018, in Pasadena, California. The fifth-generation fighters accompanied the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber in the middle, which was from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. According to information from Donate Life America, the flyover honored organ donor Maj. Benjamin Meier, an Air Force pilot who was assigned to the 31st TES. The F-35 on the left of the B-2 represented all organ donors, while the F-35 on the right symbolized all who have received organs that have prolonged their lives. While on a morning run in 2015, Meier was struck in the head by the mirror of a passing truck on Edwards AFB and later died of his injuries. As an organ donor, Donate Life America says Meier was able to provide several organs to people who live on to this day.