HONOLULU (AP) — A parachute inflated during a test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft on Mars, but it then disintegrated immediately afterward, NASA officials said Tuesday. The parachute ...

SpaceX and NASA are both busy preparing for the upcoming manned test of the Crew Dragon, SpaceX’s capsule which will carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA’s ...

Editor’s note: The following is a response from NASA ESMD PAO in response to an inquiry I made regarding the recent crash of a Orion Parachute Test Vehicle: “The Constellation Program did conduct a ...

A SpaceX Crew Dragon parachute test didn't end as intended this week, after the parachute system eventually intended to safely lower the spacecraft to the ground failed to deploy. While the failed ...

On 9 February 2010 NASA conducted a test to validate an approach that would be used to test the parachutes for the Orion spacecraft. That test did not go according to plan. However, contrary to ...

SpaceX attempted to test its Crew Dragon parachute system but the test was cut short after the dummy object with the parachutes installed on it became unstable during ascent. The helicopter crew ...

A SpaceX Dragon 2 test article was destroyed on March 24 during what was to be one of the final tests of the craft’s parachute system ahead of a planned crewed flight test to the International Space ...

NASA Tuesday successfully completed another parachute test of its Orion spacecraft high above the skies of the U.S. Yuma Army Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona. The test examined the maximum ...

SpaceX said it has now completed 10 consecutive successful multi-parachute tests of its Mark 3 parachute system being developed for its Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX said ...