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, ...

A study found parachutes were no more effective than backpacks in preventing harm to people jumping from aircraft. The researchers'... Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you’re planning to jump out of a plane, it’s a good idea to have a working parachute at your disposal. But a recent study calls this assumption into ...

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 ...

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 ...