As the second ExoMars mission, comprising a rover and surface science platform, progresses towards launch next year, teams continue to troubleshoot the parachute design following an unsuccessful ...

More than five-million Americans suffer from heart failure, meaning their hearts are no longer strong enough to pump blood efficiently. In severe cases, a special pump or a heart transplant may be the ...

The Army is testing a new reserve parachute in its quest to minimize malfunctions. The new reserve parachute has a ripcord handle that is a single pin pull and an updated handle that protects from ...

SpaceX said it has now completed 10 consecutive successful multi-parachute tests of its Mark 3 parachute system being developed for its Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX SANTA FE, N.M. — SpaceX ...

SpaceX and NASA are both busy preparing for the upcoming manned test of the Crew Dragon, SpaceX’s capsule which will carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA’s ...

March 24 (Reuters) - Private rocket company SpaceX had an incident during parachute testing for its Crew Dragon capsule, in which the simulated spacecraft being tested became unstable and was dropped ...

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz.-- Mass combat jumps of paratroopers have taken place in virtually every large-scale deployment of American forces since World War II. Useful for seizing isolated air fields ...

AVSS has now completed the world’s first ASTM F3322-18 parachute recovery system testing for the DJI M300 RTK drone. (SYRACUSE, NY) – AVSS – Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions (AVSS), with support from ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Amazing new video of a Mars-bound parachute shows the special device falling through the ...

PARACHUTE — Area residents, concerned about the discovery of extremely high levels of the toxic compound benzene 10 feet from the banks of Parachute Creek, are calling on state officials to take over ...