The Exploration Company performed a drop test of the Nyx spacecraft it is developing to transport cargo to low Earth orbit ahead of a 2028 test flight.
In the May 19 test in California's Mojave Desert, a helicopter carried a model of the capsule called the Drop Test Vehicle (DTV) to an altitude of 2,800 meters.
The helicopter then released the capsule, which first deployed two drogue parachutes to stabilize it.
