Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has shown how the parachute that helped the Curiosity rover land on Mars last summer has subsequently changed its shape on the ground.

New Delhi, Mar. 1 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will release a commemorative stamp on the occasion of bicentenary celebrations of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Saturday.

London, Dec. 15 (ANI): A former KGB agent, who served as the chief executive of a Russian mining group would be receiving a 100 million dollar golden parachute pay-off, which would be the largest pay-off in the country's corporate history.

Washington, Nov. 9 (ANI): 7 women are planning to jump from an airplane near Lake Elsinore, California, wearing nothing but parachutes and their lingerie, so that they can face their fears.

London, Nov. 2 (ANI): Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini had a secret deal in place to take over at Monaco, in case he was sacked by Manchester City, it has been learnt.

London, Oct 21 (ANI): Hanging upside down and moving acrobatically, often in mid-air, with legs wrapped around hammocks made from parachute silk, is the coolest new fitness trend to emerge from the States.

Washington, October 2 (ANI): A Boeing 727 equipped with more than a half a million dollars worth of crash test dummies, 38 specialized cameras and sensors, and a crew of incredibly daring pilots was deliberately crashed in the Sonoran desert to learn more about what actually happens to passengers when a plane goes down.

Washington, May 29 (ANI): The US military has denied reports that its special forces have parachuted into North Korea to gather intelligence on that country's underground military installations, saying a source had been misquoted.

London, May 24 (ANI): British stuntman Gary Connery has become the world's first skydiver to leap 2400 feet and safely land without deploying a parachute.

London, May 23 (ANI): A British stuntman is aiming to make aviation history by becoming the world's first skydiver to land without using a parachute.

Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Astrobiologists are calling for a mission to Mars with "a strong and comprehensive life detection component."

Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Transgenically-engineered silkworms produce stronger silk, which could possibly be used to make sutures, artificial limbs and parachutes, researchers say.

London, Nov 4 (ANI): An English skydiver proposed to his girlfriend while skydiving together 13,000 feet above the ground.