Space Rider is ESA's reusable spacecraft in development. It will be about the size of two minivans and will allow for many ...

Take a first-person look as I carefully pack my BASE parachute with the slider off. Learn the precise steps and techniques ...

But I actually hid the last burning parachute because I didn’t want him to do it anymore.” The stunt coordinator’s move to limit the number of times that Cruise attempted the flaming parachute jump ...

SEATTLE — Drag racer Brittany Force is the first woman in 35 years to hold the top fuel racing world title. She will be racing at Pacific Raceways for the 36th Annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA ...

French investigators have determined that a skydiver was accidentally ejected from a climbing Cessna 208 after he partially ...

The force working against gravity that a parachute takes advantage of is called air resistance or drag. When a skydiver releases a parachute, it unfolds and quickly traps air molecules, effectively ...

A parachute helps reduce the speed of a falling object by providing air resistance, or drag. The upward force of the air on the parachute opposes the downward force of gravity on the payload.

Imagine trying to steer a car, but the steering wheel only works part of the time, and unpredictably so. That’s the nature of many of Starliner’s issues. But beyond gas leaks, there’s also the ...

Force, who was second in NHRA points at the time, and who had two event wins this season, was racing Ron Capps in the Virginia Nationals prelims. He had just defeated Capps with a 302-mph pass when ...