Military delivers medical support for hantavirus in daring parachute drop

A British Army specialist team has parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha to deliver critical medical support after it was ...
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UK paratroopers parachute into Tristan da Cunha for hantavirus aid

Historic first drop: Six paratroopers and two medics parachuted in with oxygen and supplies, marking the UK's first humanitarian medical insertion by air. Remote island challenge: Tristan da Cunha, ...
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ESA Completes The First ExoMars High-Altitude Parachute Drop Test

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it has completed the first high-altitude drop test for the ExoMars parachute system. The successful test was completed after delays due to several ...
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Europe's ExoMars parachute still experiencing problems in drop test

A mock-up of the ExoMars landing capsule survived a high altitude drop test but parachute problems, which have plagued the European/Russian Mars mission for years, are not yet completely resolved. The ...
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ESA resumes ExoMars parachute tests

A parachute developed for the ExoMars mission is successfully tested in a high-altitude balloon drop test in Sweden in June. Credit: Vorticity WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has resumed tests ...