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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SpaceX is known for its vertical integration, but one component it’s been outsourcing is parachutes — until earlier this month, when the company quietly acquired parachute vendor Pioneer Aerospace ...

New development agreement will equip Parallel Flight Technologies’ Firefly cargo UAV with ParaZero parachute recovery systems. Parallel Flight Technologies’ 122 kg MTOW (maximum takeoff weight) ...

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.