This is the dramatic moment a paraglider performed a safety drill simulating a canopy failure. Ruswandi Adhi Pratama was ...

Parachute 1: 18-cm canopy. Use the compass to draw an 18-cm circle on your canopy. Cut it out and mark eight equidistant points 2 cm from the circle's edge.

I plummeted to the deck, my half-opened canopy flapping and flailing like a plastic shopping bag tumbling along a city road. G-forces yanked my body to and fro; my oxygen mask was wrenched to one ...

Classroom Activity for the NOVA program MARS Dead or Alive: In Slowing Things Down, students investigate three variables affecting a parachute's rate of descent and then design a parachute that ...

A seasoned 73-year-old skydiver from Arizona has died after his parachute failed to fully open during a jump with friends at 14,000 feet. Terry Gardner and three fellow experienced skydivers were ...

image: Fig. 1 Parachute system including capsule and canopy (left) and its grid (right). view more Credit: Space: Science & Technology. The safe landing of the probe is one of the most difficult ...

A 46-year-old Arizona man died while skydiving Saturday after authorities say he suffered a “hard landing" when his parachute did not deploy.