Name: The Paresev: The Homemade Flying Tricycle Pilots Built | Videos | Gan Jing World
Uploaded: 2016-03-04T05:00:00.000Z
Duration: 4 min 17 s
Description: Read the blog post on Popular Science! http://www.popsci.com/paraglider-how-nasa-tried-and-failed-to-land-without-parachutes In an attempt to get away from the... | Videos | Gan Jing World

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Read the blog post on Popular Science! http://www.popsci.com/paraglider-how-nasa-tried-and-failed-to-land-without-parachutes

In an attempt to get away from the iconic but imperfect splashdown landings, NASA developed the Rogallo paraglider wing for the Gemini capsule. To learn to fly this new vehicle, test pilots Milt Thompson and Neil Armstrong built a homemade trainer and took it up in the air. 

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