KRQE Blogs

Diving from the edge of space: How New Mexico played a role in testing high-altitude parachutes

WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – For the last 60 years, New Mexico has been a proving ground for generations of air and spacecraft. But what happens when someone has to eject from an aircraft at high ...

DRDO’s indigenous MCPS sets record with 32,000-ft combat freefall jump

Test jumpers of the Indian Air Force executed the high-altitude mission, demonstrating the system’s efficiency, reliability and advanced design.
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'Strategic Edge In Mobility, Stealth': How Indigenous Military Combat Parachute Tested At 32,000-Ft Height Strengthens India’s Defence Capabilities

The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) successful test of the Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) from 32,000 feet marks a significant leap in India’s airborne operational ...
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Pretest report : Discoverer Mark 4/5 back up parachute high altitude drop test program / W. Woebkenberg, R. Heffelfinger

"The overall purpose of this test series is to demonstrate the successful operation of the two parachute, three-stage system within the flight trajectory conditions ...
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Daredevil skydiver lifts off for stratosphere jump

ROSWELL, New Mexico (Reuters) - An Austrian daredevil lifted off on Sunday in hopes of making his delayed skydive from a balloon flying 23 miles (37 km) above the planet and breaking the sound barrier ...