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NASA to trial rotor system to replace parachutes on spacecraft Share 4 October 2012 NASA is testing a rotor system that could replace parachutes on spacecraft to control landing when returning to Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists are testing the rotor blade-equipped capsules V at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA engineer at Johnson Space Center in Houston Jeff Hagen said that the purpose of testing was to determine a way to make the rotor spin. The space agency stated that the concept of replacing parachutes with rotor blades has been taken from the fact that the helicopters have much...

>> moisture when you say it like this is a scary word. >> a lot of news, please give it to us. >> good morning to you at home. right now president obama returning to the u.s., ending his three-nation tour of africa. this morning he and former president george w. bush took part in a wreath laying ceremony in tanzania remembereding the 1998 tanzania bombing, the first major attack from al qaeda on a u.s. target. a russian proton rocket carrying three satellites swervez out of control and explodes in a massive fireball. the accident was caused by a major engine failure. no one was hurt. ocean...