To fly a model rocket, you'll need suitable equipment. That means suitable engines, a sturdy launch pad, a launch system and ...

This piece of engineering is so simple and elegant, you’ll want to build a pretty serious water rocket just so you can try it out. It’s an automatic parachute deployment system that you… ...

Students are judged on five criteria during the launches for chances to win a medal: highest altitude, best rocket design, best parachute design and deployment, best logo, and egg survival ...

A Chinese Long March 2B rocket's booster was outfitted with a parachute for a launch. The system provides controlled landing capabilities for the rocket. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) ...

Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space-exploration company launched and landed an unmanned rocket Sunday while testing a parachute failure, a key step in checking the safety of its New Shepard vehicle ...

The private spaceflight company Armadillo Aerospace is evaluating the results from a Jan. 28 rocket launch test in which a balloon parachute failed to deploy ...

Rocket Lab is proceeding as planned with its efforts to recover and reuse spent rocket boosters from its Electron launch vehicle, and it has completed its first prototype parachute for use in the ...

A new parachute system could reduce the risk posed by Chinese satellite launches from inland spaceports.

One of the technologies riding on the rocket included a novel supersonic balloon parachute — known as a ballute — which appeared to deploy in photos, but failed to operate as planned.

We’re delighted to see the progress on [Foaly]’s 3D-printed Cortex 2 rocket, and the latest build log is full of beautiful pictures and design details. Not only is this rocket jam-packe… ...

The prototype of NASA’s next rocket design sustained serious damage when its parachute recovery system failed and its first stage slammed into the Atlantic Ocean at the end of a test flight ...