- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 7th, 2015
NASA's August 26 Orion Test Flight Will Purposely End in Failure
Two of the spacecraft's parachutes will not deploy
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 5th, 2015
Watch: Man Jumps off Cliff, His Parachute Attached to His Skin
He says this jump gave him the best adrenaline rush ever
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 30th, 2014
NASA Tests Gear Intended to Bring Astronauts to Mars
The test was carried out in Hawaii, is said to have “worked beautifully”
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Ancuta Iosub
- May 6th, 2014
Australian Restaurant Delivers Grilled Cheese Sandwiches via Parachute
Customers must wait at the landing zone at a specific time
- Oddiverse
- By Ancuta Iosub
- April 8th, 2014
Venezuelan Skydiver Breaks World Record by Landing Smallest Parachute
Ernesto Gainza jumped from 14,000 feet (4,200m) with a 35sq ft (3.25sq m) parachute
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 21st, 2013
Google Doodle Celebrates the First Parachute Jump of André-Jacques Garnerin
The Frenchman descended from his balloon at 900 meters (3,000 feet)
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Raluca Anghel
- July 8th, 2013
Parachute Jump from Helicopter Is Near-Miss – Video
A video shows a man having his chute caught in the skid
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- March 30th, 2013
Navy SEAL Accident in Arizona Claims Life of Officer in Bin Laden Raid Team
Two officers' parachutes collide during routine training, only one makes it out alive
- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- February 6th, 2013
Felix Baumgartner Hit 1.25 Mach in Historic Jump, Final Official Numbers Show
Faster than the initial estimates, though the final jump height was lower
- Space
- By Gabriel Gache
- May 27th, 2008
Phoenix Prepares to Start Digging
Investigations to start within a week