NASA's OSIRIS-Rex capsule carrying an asteroid sample successfully landed in a Utah desert on Sept. 24, 2023. Credit: NASA Before NASA recovered a capsule holding bits of space rock from the desert, ...

NASA thinks it knows why the OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe's return capsule failed to deploy its drogue parachute as planned while descending through Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 24. The problem, which did ...

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 has completed the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, checking off an important milestone on the path to send humans on missions to the Moon and beyond.

Scientists from NASA are conducting a series of research flights to advance the supersonic parachutes. The plan is to make these parachutes more reliable and safer with advanced sensors. These ...

(AP) — NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission narrowly avoided a parachute failure, with an investigation revealing the cause and stressing the need for clear instructions. Reading time 2 minutes Inconsistent labels in the ...

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 ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) -- A parachute system that's designed to land spacecraft on Mars will be tested this week off Virginia's coast. Friday's scheduled launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility ...