Despite the failure of a huge supersonic parachute to fully inflate during a test flight at the edge of space, project engineers said Sunday they were elated with the otherwise near-flawless ...

Editor’s note: The following is a response from NASA ESMD PAO in response to an inquiry I made regarding the recent crash of a Orion Parachute Test Vehicle: “The Constellation Program did conduct a ...

A man found dead in a vehicle along U.S. Highway 6 just west of Parachute late Tuesday night has been identified as Wayne Moore, according to a news release from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.

LOS ANGELES -- A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a successful test on Saturday of technology that ...

According to an internal NASA memo CPAS Cluster Development Test 2 (CDT2) experienced a test failure on 31 July 2008. Initial observations indicated that the programmer parachute did not inflate ...

NASA / ASSOCIATED PRESS A high-altitude balloon carrying a saucer-shaped vehicle was launched in June on Kauai for NASA to test technology that could be used to land on Mars. The Kauai flights — two ...

MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. The Technodinamika Group (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) is carrying out the Parachute R&D work to develop a cargo parachute system for airdropping the latest ...

Despite the failure of a huge supersonic parachute to fully inflate during a test flight at the edge of space Saturday, project engineers said Sunday they were elated with the otherwise near-flawless ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building was designed and built in the ...

US company Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) is to provide a parachute for around $40,000 for the Italian aerospace research center, CIRA's, balloon dropped transonic flight tests using its unmanned ...

Russia’s army airborne forces faced a setback this week when the parachutes of two BMD armored vehicles malfunctioned, sending them plunging toward the ground. The vehicles were destroyed on impact.