First, print the parachute template at the bottom of this story or draw a large square on a piece of newspaper. 1. Color your parachute. 2. Cut it out. 3. Tape a piece of string to each inside corner.

Leonardo DaVinci first imagined a parachute in his early writings, which he described as a tent from which a human would 'be able to throw himself down from any great height without suffering any ...

A research team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Montreal Polytechnique University has presented a new parachute concept inspired by the traditional Japanese art of paper cutting.

A parachutist in Queensland, Australia, survived by cutting the chute free at 15,000 feet when a reserve parachute ...

Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, fulfilling a goal he made five years ago after a ...