India Just Dropped A Crew Capsule Parachute From 2.5 KM — Here's Why It Matters For Gaganyaan

Why was this parachute drop so important to India? On July 7th, 2026, an Indian Air Force IL-76 dropped a single main parachute with a dummy mass from 2.5 kilometres in the Indian state of Madhya ...

ISRO successfully conducts fifth integrated main parachute air-drop test for Gaganyaan Mission

ISRO successfully completed the fifth parachute air-drop test for the Gaganyaan mission, validating the crew module's ...

Why is the parachute system considered one of the most critical safety components of the Gaganyaan mission? Explained

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted a critical Integrated Main parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) for ...
NewsBytes

ISRO conducts successful parachute test for Gaganyaan mission

ISRO successfully completed the fifth Integrated Main Parachute Air-drop Test, advancing the deceleration and recovery system ...
SlashGear

ESA Completes The First ExoMars High-Altitude Parachute Drop Test

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it has completed the first high-altitude drop test for the ExoMars parachute system. The successful test was completed after delays due to several ...
SpaceNews

ESA resumes ExoMars parachute tests

A parachute developed for the ExoMars mission is successfully tested in a high-altitude balloon drop test in Sweden in June. Credit: Vorticity WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has resumed tests ...