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"Recovery" refers to the system that allows for a safe return of a flight vehicle and it's payload after launch. The Recovery Subteam deals primarily with:
- Parachute Deployment
- Pyrotechnics
- Black Powder
- Nitrocellulose
- Deployment Mechanisms
- Tender Descenders
- Pistons
- Pin pull mechanisms
- Parachute Reefing
- Pyrotechnics
- Descent under Parachutes
- Parachute research, design, and fabrication
- Descent rates
- Deployment loads
- Ascent and re-entry heating
- Thermal protection
- System Qualification and Testing
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