DALLAS, Sept. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC): A team of Jacobs and NASA engineers
successfully completed tests of the Capsule Parachute Assembly
System this month. The re-entry system is critical to safely return
astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule back to Earth from
planned missions to the moon.
For the 8th and final qualification trial held at the U.S. Army
Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona,
an Orion test capsule was dropped from a C-17 aircraft at an
altitude of 35,000 feet to verify the spacecraft's re-entry system,
a complex assembly of 11 parachutes, cannon-like mortars and
pyrotechnic devices that work in sequence to slow the capsule's
descent for a safe landing on Earth.
"As NASA's largest services provider, we are honored to play a
vital role in partnering with NASA to ensure the safe return of
future astronauts from the moon, Mars, and beyond," said Jacobs
Aerospace, Technology, Environmental and Nuclear Senior Vice
President Steve Arnette.
Among more than 4,000 Jacobs people who support NASA, a team of
more than 50 engineers and technicians worked with the agency in
Houston over a span of more than
12 years to provide design, development and test services for the
mission-critical parachute system. To date, such tests have
evaluated Orion's parachute performance for various circumstances,
including normal landing sequences, several failure scenarios and a
variety of potential aerodynamic conditions to ensure the safe
return of astronauts from deep space missions.
Jacobs is a provider and integrator of full lifecycle aerospace
capability including design and construction; base, mission and
launch operations; sustaining capital maintenance; and secure and
intelligent asset management, development, modification, and
testing processes for fixed assets supporting national government,
military, defense and NASA, as well as commercial space
companies.
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering
solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With
$15 billion in fiscal 2017 revenue
when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a talent force of
more than 77,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services
including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and
program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government
and infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit
www.jacobs.com, and connect with Jacobs on LinkedIn, Twitter,
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