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, 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 ...

Carl Sagan famously said, “Second graders make the best scientists.” I find they make the best engineers, too. My 2nd graders’ favorite project is to design, build, test, and modify a parachute for a ...