NASA engineers conducted another successful airdrop test of the Orion space capsule’s descent and landing parachutes, high above the Yuma Proving Ground early Wednesday morning. Footage provided by YPG and NASA

The airdrop of a NASA space capsule that took place in Feb of 2012 at Yuma Proving Ground went off without a hitch. An Air Force C-17 aircraft dropped the cargo over a drop zone from an altitude of 25,000 feet. LOANED VIDEO/NASA, YPG

A capsule-shaped object is being loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 at Yuma International Airport Monday morning as part of a test for the Orion space capsule paracute system.

These views show a parachute test at Yuma Proving Ground from Oct. 2009 which tied the record for the the heaviest payload ever dropped by air. The parachute will be used by NASA in the next generation of manned spacecraft. Video courtesy NASA/YPG

NASA tested the world's largest parachutes at Yuma Proving Ground in May of 2009 as part of it 's Constellation Program, which was expected to replace the shuttle. Video by James Gilbert, Jared Dort, and Darin Fenger