NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the first test of the Ares I rocket’s three main parachutes Wednesday. The parachutes — the largest rocket parachutes ever manufactured — are ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the first drop test of the main parachute that will help recover the first stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. Ares I will ...

How do you test the parachutes that will save spacecraft as they tumble towards the surface of a planet from the reaches of space? In the world’s largest wind tunnel, of course. This is a view inside ...

The primary issue is that a returning spacecraft is hurtling at the Earth at breathtaking speed; Orion hit Mach 35. How on ...

Airborne Systems traces its origins to 1919 when a stunt-man for the fledgling California film industry made the world’s first free-fall parachute jump.

Over the past four years, the Dragon spacecraft has returned eight NASA crews by performing a parachute-assisted splashdown in the ocean, but the crew capsule now has a backup landing method in the ...