Rogallo wing
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Rogallo wing
[rō′gäl·ō ‚wiŋ] (aerospace engineering)
A glider folded inside a spacecraft; to be deployed during the spacecraft's reentry like a parachute, gliding the spacecraft to a landing.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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