Publisher's Synopsis
This report documents the activities, findings, and NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) recommendations of a multidiscipline team to independently assess the Constellation Program (CxP) Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Parachute Assembly System (CPAS). This assessment occurred during a period of 15 noncontiguous months between December 2008 and April 2010, prior to the CPAS Project's Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in August 2010. Kelly, Michael J. Langley Research Center NASA/TM-2010-216868/VOL1, NESC-RP-08-00487, NF1676L-11766, L-19946
