Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. In the spring of 2008, FBI agents announced that a white conical-shaped parachute that was ...

Berry gave a quick jerk of a rope and with the parachute shot downward, while the aeroplane, first bouncing up like a cork, suddenly poised and steadied itself.

The oldest conical parachute was designed in the 1470s in Renaissance Italy, with the purpose of helping people escape burning buildings, though there’s no evidence of it ever working. Then in ...

Last month, India tested the parachute system for its Gaganyaan crew capsule using a rocket-powered sled. See footage of the action.

These include Ring Slot ACS Canopy, Pilot Parachute - Ring Slot Canopy, Drouge Parachute - Conical Ribbon Canopy, and Main Canopy - Circular Slotted.

The backshell and parachute that helped NASA's Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity helicopter land on the Red Planet in February 2021, as photographed by Ingenuity on April 19, 2022.

It was a U-F-faux. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has gone viral after snapping photos on the Red Planet of what looked like a flying saucer — but was actually landing gear from last year ...

To increase its drag and stability, the first stage deployed a conical-shaped parachute as it descended, soon followed by a larger main chute, which opened several feet above the rendezvous point ...

The T-11R, which is the reserve parachute, has a conical shape and is designed to open rapidly after activation with minimal collapse and altitude loss post inflation—meaning that it inflates ...