NASA of the sixties reminds me of the Armadillo Aerospace of today.
Drop tests, I think an F-111 model and various parachute, parawing and Rogallo wing things.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyGMPHFteE]
Airbags, landing rockets, landing gears (Dyna-Soar like rig)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ia5iWRg4wE&feature=related]
Thank you NASA CRgis for another video blog day, one of many more to come!