parachute
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It also acquired parachute maker Pioneer Aerospace in 2023 and specialty RF filter firm Akoustis in 2025 after each of those companies filed for bankruptcy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
Skydive South West, which operates out of Devon's Dunkeswell Aerodrome, where the man died, said he was using his personal parachute equipment while doing a wingsuit jump with a friend on Saturday.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Zubrin’s balloons are dropped from airplanes, helicopters or drones, and fill with air like a parachute, absorbing the sun’s heat to stay buoyant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
He heard the POP of his parachute opening.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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