A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft descends under its parachutes at the end of the Demo-1 test flight in March. A test of the parachutes for that spacecraft in April failed when the parachutes didn't ...

I’ve always loved the idea of parachuting, but I could never get past that whole jumping-out-of-a-perfectly-good-airplane thing. It wasn’t the thrill of parachuting that interested me, just the ...

Amazon needs to overcome a number of hurdles in order to make Prime Air drone deliveries a reality. The biggest of those is the fact that under current laws it isn't legal. But if we assume laws will ...

Whole-airplane parachutes can be lifesavers in situations ranging from engine failure to unrecovered spins to simply running out of fuel. Ever since Boris Popov introduced his “ballistic recovery ...

Cirrus is well-known for its safety feature of a parachute that can help get a crashing plane or jet to the ground more gently, sparing lives. Now, those parachute also line duffel bags, overnighters, ...

Boeing's Starliner capsule is to return to Earth after a stay at the Space Station as part of a test mission before it flies astronauts. The parachutes are among the systems engineers are monitoring.

Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes. By Joshua Skovlund Updated Aug 12, 2024 10:05 AM EDT ...