SpaceX shares video of multiple Crew Dragon parachute recovery system tests

SpaceX is providing a closer look at some of its Crew Dragon parachute recovery system testing, with a new video compiling footage of a number of tests, including those flown from a cargo plane and a high-altitude balloon. The video shows a test version of their Crew Dragon capsule falling through the sky over desert testing ground, and deploying the multi-parachute array it'll employ to coast gently back to Earth after its planned missions ferrying astronauts to space. Elon Musk's private space company has been testing the Crew Dragon parachute system for a while now, and we don't know too much about its progress yet, beyond that it performed an "advanced development test" in April using a metal sled in place of an actual demonstration Crew Capsule that did not meet NASA's expectations.