- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 18th, 2014
SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Completes Emergency Parachute Deployment Tests
The company continues to complete all of its milestones on time
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 17th, 2014
Successful Orion Parachute System Test Concludes – Video
The spacecraft has a very complex reentry and landing system
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 18th, 2013
NASA Testing Supersonic Decelerator Technology
An experimental rig is set up on the hills overlooking JPL
- Green/Eco Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 5th, 2013
Rainchutes Are a Lightweight, Low-Cost, Portable Water Harvesting System
The rainchutes serve to provide people in Africa with access to clean, fresh water
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 30th, 2012
Orion Successfully Completes Another Parachute Test
The flight assessed the maximum pressure the parachutes will experience
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 19th, 2012
Orion Capsule Completes Parachute Drop Test
The vehicle is scheduled to launch to space in 2014
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 9th, 2012
New Technologies Under Development for Martian Landings
NASA wants to improve on its existing, somewhat-obsolete designs
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 12th, 2012
Scale Model of Orion Capsule and Parachute Undergo Tests
NASA is getting closer to its next manned spacecraft
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 4th, 2012
Dual-Parachute Test for Orion Ends in Success
Experts wanted to see what happened if a parachute malfunctioned
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 4th, 2009
NASA Analyzes Why ARES I-X Parachute Failed
The event remains unexplained
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 21st, 2009
ARES I Parachute System Tested at NASA
This is the largest set thus far analyzed
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 14th, 2009
Ares Booster Parachuted Successfully in Arizona
It weighed 25 tons and yet landed safely
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 2nd, 2009
NASA ARES I-X Extension Test Successful
The testing has taken place in Promontory, Utah