Gosselin explained that the parachute’s unique inverted bell shape is crucial to its performance. The kirigami cuts stretch ...

When a conventional parachute is deployed, it cannot simply fall vertically towards its target. To protect itself from ...

An experienced Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialist practicing a free-fall jump in California last year overcontrolled his parachute canopy, causing it to stall before ...

Dean Walton was an experienced parachutist who took part in displays including a jump into the grounds of the Pentagon - HYDE NEWS AND PICTURES LTD A Red Devils sergeant major died after attempting an ...

A parachute developed for the ExoMars mission is successfully tested in a high-altitude balloon drop test in Sweden in June. Credit: Vorticity WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has resumed tests ...

At a deserted drop test range outside Henderson, Nevada, in late February 2021, Aviation Safety Resources, Inc. (ASR), successfully completed the first developmental test of its whole-aircraft ...

Glenn Martin (standing). By 1913 Martin was taking credit for Broadwick’s invention, and the following year he patented it. Here, he and Tiny watch Broadwick stitch up the canopy of a parachute.

The US Army Airborne and Special Operations communities are looking for improvements to the RA-1 Advanced Ram Air Parachute System which would allow paratroopers drop from aircraft flying at altitudes ...

In October 2016, Europe's small Schiaparelli lander entered the Martian atmosphere and attempted to touch down on the surface of the red planet. Due to an altitude measurement error, however, the ...

Jon DeVore, Andy Farrington of Red Bull Air Force attempt Utah's High Ivory. — -- Of the handful of extreme athletes pioneering the sport of speedriding, Jon DeVore might just be the most fanatic ...