The most complex parachute system to ever deploy on Mars has successfully slowed down an ExoMars mock-up landing platform for a safe touchdown on Earth. A stratospheric helium balloon lifted a dummy ...

New generation of parachute technology combines a completely new design, swappable parachute capsules and triple sensor redundancy to redefine drone safety The SafeAir M4 represents the most advanced ...

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on Thursday unveiled indigenously developed Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) and successfully underwent a combat free-fall jump from an ...

Landing rovers and helicopters on Mars is a challenge. It's an even bigger challenge when you don't have enough information about how the parachutes are enduring strain during the descent to the ...

NASA successfully kicked off a series of tests Sept. 30 to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, a milestone that will help the agency safely return crew to Earth from ...

HOUSTON—Just as engineered, NASA’s Orion Crew Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) executed an 11-parachute deployment sequence while falling 6 1/2 mi. through the sunny skies over the U.S. Army Proving ...