Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Airborne Systems North America congratulates NASA and SpaceX Crew-5 on a successful splashdown off the coast of Florida. Airborne Systems is proud to provide the main parachute systems for Dragon and assist in the return of its crew. The Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, autonomously undocked, departed the […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Airborne Systems Celebrates Our Very Own Ben Tutt Presented the Theodor W. Knacke Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Award Airborne Systems North America is proud to congratulate our Director of Engineering, Space and Recovery: Ben Tutt. Ben has been presented the Theodor W. Knacke Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Award. This […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Congratulations Orion and the Artemis team on a superb mission! Airborne is proud to be the supplier of the eleven parachutes that brought Orion back for a magnificent splashdown. Designed and tested at Airborne over the past 16 years the system is well qualified and proven for […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. ASNA (Airborne Systems North America) graduated the first 8 Military Free Fall Jumpers on the new USMC PS-2 Parachute designed and manufactured by Airborne Systems. The graduating of these jumpers along with the assessment of the United States Special Operations Command serves as the Validation and Certification […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Airborne congratulates the LaRC LOFTID and ULA teams on a spectacular launch and deployment of the HIAD (Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator) technology. This ambitious mission further demonstrated the viability and value of the HIAD technology and raised the TRL to help integrate this exciting and innovative deceleration […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Unless you’ve been living on a different planet, you may have already heard that NASA has just landed the heaviest and most sophisticated rover, Percy (OK, officially Perseverance), on the Red planet. What you may not have heard is that a hundred year old company in Southern […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. By now, some of you have figured out there was a secret message in our parachute that just landed on Mars last week. But what did it say? Find out the decoding of the message here.
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Airborne Systems is pleased to announce the Intruder® 210R reserve parachute has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) TSO-C23(f) certification, the latest and most stringent FAA certification standard. The Intruder® 210R is offered for use with our iRaider harness system, and is compatible with the full range of […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. We talked about our Journey to Mars, then we talked about the official launch to Mars, but now what? What comes next? Since we have a bit of time before we land on Mars on February 18, 2021 20:00 UTC, here is some key information on the […]
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Something BIG is happening! The launch window for the Atlas V541 Rocket opens 7/30/20 at 7:50am EST, 4:50AM PST. This launch will mark the beginning of a seven month countdown to when the Perseverance rover will begin its entry, decent, and landing sequence on its last phase […]
