The engineers at JPL have been experimenting with a new rotor design that can spin at nearly the speed of sound, which is tested in a simulator space that can recreate Mars-like conditions of ...

Engineers test rotor landing for capsules Date: October 4, 2012 Source: NASA Summary: A team of researchers brought a pair of scale model space capsules to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's ...

Boeing's Starliner capsule is to return to Earth after a stay at the Space Station as part of a test mission before it flies astronauts. The parachutes are among the systems engineers are monitoring.