HONOLULU (AP) — A parachute inflated during a test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft on Mars, but it then disintegrated immediately afterward, NASA officials said Tuesday. The parachute ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A parachute failed during a NASA test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft — and eventually astronauts — on Mars, the agency said Monday. The parachute deployed but failed ...

NASA still isn't sure why two parachutes failed during a test flight of its prototype moon rocket just over a month ago. The two-minute flight of the Ares I-X rocket went well Oct. 28. But only one of ...

NASA broadcast a spin test of its near-space-bound “rocket-powered, saucer-shaped” space capsule on Tuesday. That’s right, NASA is sending a flying saucer into space. And it really looks like, well, a ...

Now he is responsible for the parachutes on a real one: the Orion capsule now orbiting the moon as part of the Artemis mission. The Orion has traveled farther into space than any human-rated ...

The Mars 2020 rover project is in full swing at NASA, and the agency has chosen to base the new rover on the phenomenally successful Curiosity design. That means the rover needs to slow down in the ...

The Martian Aerogel Jacket incorporates materials originally crafted for one of NASA’s most celebrated missions. The parachute used by the Mars Rover mission, which landed on February 18, 2021, serves ...

LOS ANGELES -- The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designed to land heavy loads on the ...

YUMA, Ariz. — NASA on Friday successfully dropped a replica Orion spacecraft from an Air Force transport aircraft to a southwestern Arizona desert site to test the craft’s ability to cope with a ...

(AP) The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designed to land heavy loads on the red planet.

Crew-9 splashdown recap: Scroll down to read updates from the return of Crew-9, which included Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Splashdown occurred at 5:57 p.m. EDT off the Gulf Coast of Florida near ...