Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A parachute failed during a NASA test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft — and eventually astronauts — on Mars, the agency said Monday. The parachute deployed but failed ...

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, ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic Ocean because of a deflated parachute, NASA said Thursday. The new Ares I-X — the ...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully completed a series of qualification tests for drogue parachutes ...

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The recent Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT), successfully conducted by ISRO, marks the readiness of the national space agency for Gaganyaan -- India ...

New Delhi: The recent Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT), successfully conducted by ISRO, marks the readiness of the national space agency for Gaganyaan -- India's first human spaceflight ...