SpaceX Crew Dragon parachute test fails - but it's not what you think

A SpaceX Crew Dragon parachute test didn’t end as intended this week, after the parachute system eventually intended to safely lower the spacecraft to the ground failed to deploy. While the failed test isn’t being blamed on the Crew Dragon itself, it could still put a serious dampener on SpaceX and NASA’s ambitions for the spacecraft. Crew Dragon’s parachutes are …