Would you jump out of an airplane with only an empty backpack? A new study finds it just as safe as jumping with a parachute. Before you launch yourself blissfully through the air from 20,000 feet, ...

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Are parachutes worthless? Most people would answer no—assuming the airplane in question was in flight. And that's the rub: That knee-jerk conjecture takes place out of context. Through a different ...

NASA/LaRC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a requirement to study system concepts for developing an advanced supersonic parachute system for future Mars landers. NASA envisions this ...

A supersonic parachute meant to slow a flying saucer during landing quickly failed during a test flight Monday – a second strike that the team had been hoping to avoid. Now, researchers at NASA’s Jet ...

A study analyzing discoveries made over the last 20 years found that nearly half of all snails and slugs were described by ...

You might think that it's safer to jump out of an airplane with a parachute than without one. But, according to science, you'd be wrong. The finding is detailed Thursday (Dec. 13) in the journal The ...

Research published in a major medical journal concludes that a parachute is no more effective than an empty backpack at protecting you from harm if you have to jump from an aircraft. But before you ...

Research published in a major medical journal concludes that a parachute is no more effective than an empty backpack at protecting you from harm if you have to jump from an aircraft. But before you ...