A research team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Montreal Polytechnique University has presented a new parachute concept inspired by the traditional Japanese art of paper cutting.
A skydiver's parachute got caught on an aircraft, forcing a dramatic mid-air escape. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
The U.S. has participated since 2017, with the U.K. and Australia joining in 2023. In 2026, 14 countries will participate including first timers Belgium, Thailand and Turkey with other countries such ...
A family of three — Artem Konokuk, 38, his partner and two-year-old daughter — landed in the forests of Whitehorn, California March 8, after Konokuk realized his training flight did not have the ...
Although humans inhabit a 3D world, much of our design practice is rooted in two dimensions. Paper, textiles, sheet metals, wood planks and plastic panels are all manufactured in two dimensions, and ...
U.S. troops have been jumping out of perfectly good airplanes for more than 80 years, but a significant amount of training and preparation has gone into making paratroopers actually combat effective.
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. military has reportedly started preliminary work to repair an auxiliary airfield runway that figures in a dispute between the U.S. military and Okinawa prefecture over ...
Isro has successfully completed a critical main parachute test for the Gaganyaan Crew Module as part of the qualification process ahead of India’s historic human spaceflight mission. The test was ...