HONOLULU - 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 to ...

NASA has halted an attempt to inflate an experimental room at the International Space Station (ISS) after hitting a snag. Mission Control told astronaut Jeffrey Williams to abandon his task after two ...

A parachute failed to inflate for the second time during a NASA test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft – and eventually astronauts – on Mars. NASA spokeswoman Kimberly Newton said in an ...

The test off the Hawaiian island of Kauai was investigating technology designed to slow down a large landing vehicle falling through the atmosphere at supersonic speeds. Photo: Nasa Honolulu: A ...