In the early hours of Sept. 7, NASA broke a world record. Less than 2 minutes after the launch of a 58-foot-tall (17.7-meter) Black Brant IX sounding rocket, a payload separated and began its dive ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – NASA and industry engineers successfully tested the main parachute for Constellation Program rockets during a drop test Thursday at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, ...

YUMA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Arizona is home to one of the best army testing centers. Yuma Proving Ground is known for parachute testing and medical training. YPG’s Airborne Test Force conducted a medical ...

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is home to all manner of parachute testing. Recently, elite jumpers from its Airborne Test Force completed the initial testing for a ...

Useful for seizing isolated airfields deep behind enemy lines which can then be used to receive and deploy more troops and armaments, the tactic of mass parachute jumps has a long history with ...

The ESA confirms a recent parachute test here on Earth has failed, making this the second failure in the last few months. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Union Minister of State (MoS) for Science & Technology Jitendra Singh on Wednesday informed Parliament that the recent Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT), successfully conducted by ISRO, ...

Update for 12:20 a.m. EDT on Sept. 7: Boeing's first Starliner spacecraft to carry astronauts landed safely, without its astronaut crew, early Saturday after a relatively smooth undocking, reentry and ...

The AVSS – Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions (AVSS) team has completed another perfect ASTM F3322 compliance test; the gold standard for drone parachute testing. On May 9th, AVSS completed the ASTM ...