Crew-2 parachutes
An infrared image of the Crew Dragon descent on the Crew-2 mission Nov. 8, with one of the four parachutes not fully deployed. That parachute did deploy about 75 seconds after the others, and NASA and SpaceX said similar behavior had been seen in previous tests. Credit: NASA TV

WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are investigating the delayed opening of a parachute on a cargo Dragon spacecraft that recently returned to Earth, an incident similar to one that took place on a Crew Dragon spacecraft last year.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...