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When the main parachutes came out, he added, “It was glorious.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The mission's moment of maximum jeopardy had passed, and soon the spacecraft's red-and-white parachutes opened and sent the capsule sailing majestically through the sky.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Around 5:03 p.m., two small parachutes will deploy, slowing the craft down to about 300 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

This vehicle is designed to use parachutes, as are all of our crewed spacecraft from now all through previous history.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

And when the newscasters mentioned the chunk of flesh missing from Salazar’s shoulder, memories must have rained down on Blanca like parachutes.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez