Parachutes being developed for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner undergo a reliability test using a "dart" in place of the crew capsule. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — An incident involving a test of parachutes ...

A scene from a video released by SpaceX Nov. 3 showing the latest test of the Mark 3 parachutes for its Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX said Nov. 3 that it has now carried ...

A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into ...

FORT BRAGG, NC (AP) — The Army is investigating the death of an 82nd Airborne paratrooper who died during weekend training in North Carolina while using a new style of parachute. WRAL-TV reported ...

Mode K parachutes descended more straight and uniformly, while those in Mode C wavered more. Even in low “load-to-area” ratios—when the dropped object is light in relation to parachute size—the new ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — An 82nd Airborne paratrooper who died during weekend training at Fort Bragg was using a new style of parachute designed for slower descents. WRAL-TV reported Wednesday that ...