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 ...

Master raised alarm, rocket parachute flares were fired. Hand flares were thrown into the water to mark position of incident. One rocket parachute flare hit a skiff and injured a pirate.

Watch the video above to see NASA engineers use a rocket sled to test an enormous supersonic parachute that could one day land spacecraft on Mars. Oh yeah, did we mention that NASA has a rocket sled?

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket was outfitted with a parachute for a launch in May 2023, to reduce the size of the booster’s crash zone when it returns to Earth.

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 ...