drogue parachute

A drogue parachute would be deployed from the rear of the airplane.

The drogue parachute is quickly followed by the main parachute.

On arrival at this calculated position, the motor cut and a drogue parachute was deployed.

About 33 km above the ground, a drogue parachute was to be deployed to slow descent.

The capsule's drogue parachute opened, but not its larger parachute.

The plane carried two drogue parachutes to help it slow down, although only one deployed on landing yesterday.

A drogue parachute slowed the aircraft upon landing.

The most familiar drogue parachute is the one used in this manner in parachuting.

The frustum and drogue parachute continue on a separate trajectory to splashdown.

The drogue parachutes were then deployed, slowing the spacecraft to 125 miles per hour (201 km/h).

Two "pilot" parachutes deployed first, extracting a 24-square-meter drogue parachute.

Glenn wondered if the spacecraft would retain stability until it was low enough to deploy the drogue parachute.

At 25,000 feet, just as the needle passed the black triangle on the gauge, the drogue parachutes opened with a soft jolt.

He did not see the first drogue parachute pop out, but he could feel the slight jerk, and the rate of fall diminished immediately.

To slow the descent, first the drogue parachute was deployed, followed by the main parachute.

Using brakes as control, the test pilot made two attempts before finally releasing the drogue parachute to finally stopped safely.

In preparation for a drop the cargo door and ramp of the aircraft is opened and a drogue parachute released.

The canard surfaces deployed and turned the vehicle to the desired orientation for drogue parachute deployment.

The grenade facilitates this by deploying a small drogue parachute or fabric streamers after being thrown.

The canopy had double-wall glazing and there was an drogue parachute for an emergency descent from high altitude.

Drogue parachutes were used to slow the GlobalFlyer to landing speeds.

See also drogue parachute.

Another compartment contains both the high-speed drogue parachute and the low-speed main parachutes for deceleration.

Pilot and drogue parachute deployments helped in further reducing its velocity to 47 m/s (169 km/h).

It also had a Shuttle booster heritage nosecap that covers the pilot and drogue parachutes.