Peter was supposed to be at this rocket launch today:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/on_demand_video.html?param=http://mfile.akamai.com/20356/mov/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/qt.nasa-global/ccvideos/larc/mlas-launch.mov&_id=199926&_title=MLAS%20Launch&_tnimage=366195main_mlas-launch-100.jpg

I counted at least 10 parachutes on this NASA video. It shows some ground preparation before the actual launch footage.