SpaceX is known for its vertical integration, but one component it’s been outsourcing is parachutes — until earlier this month, when the company quietly acquired parachute vendor Pioneer Aerospace ...

SpaceX is buying parachute maker Pioneer Aerospace, The Information first reported. Elon Musk's rocket firm will pay $2.2 million to rescue Pioneer after its parent company went bankrupt. SpaceX is ...

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles may be gaining momentum, but they can only succeed long-term as a transportation option if passengers feel safe enough to ride them. To that end, ...

ST. PAUL — Officials at an Arizona skydiving company say Ann Wick’s parachute fully deployed “as designed” before her death on Friday, Jan. 24. Wick, 55, of Stillwater, died around 4:10 p.m. Friday in ...

The divers, an instructor, 54, and a 24-year-old student on an 11,000-ft tandem jump, went into a spiral on September 17 as a ...

The instructor became separated from a tandem rig with another skydiver and was "presumed to have fallen from the sky without ...

Instructor dies but student survives after skydiving tandem rig malfunction, but the FAA says investigation is hampered by ...