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DescriptionLanding-skirt.jpg	English: Mercury spacecraft landing bag. A skirt with holes is filled with air when the heatshield is dropped down just before impact. At impact, air is led out slowly through the holes and softening the landing
Date	1961
Source	http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/p2b.htm
Author	NASA

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