Press Release

(English) Airborne Systems Welcomes Home SpaceX Crew-5

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. 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, […]

(English) Success! Orion And The Artemis Team

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. 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 […]

(English) USMC Multi-Mission Parachute Course

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. 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 […]

(English) A Spectacular Launch & Deployment

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. 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 […]

(English) Intruder® 210R Receives TSO-C23(f) Certification from FAA

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. 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 […]

(English) The Final Countdown

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. 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 […]

(English) Countdown to Mars Starts Now!

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. 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 […]

(English) GPHAR II: Successful Second Flight

Disculpa, pero esta entrada está disponible sólo en Inglés Estadounidense. On 22 Sept 2019, Airborne Systems successfully completed the second guided parafoil high-altitude research flight of the GPHAR II precision delivery system.  Released from a helium balloon from an altitude of 101,140 ft MSL, the self-steering 230 ft2 GPHAR II parafoil parachute recovered a 97 […]