TV station sends camera into near space
Parachute
We bought a four-foot bright yellow parachute to attach to the line. We also attached a wooden hoop to the parachute lines to keep it from getting tangled up, which would prevent it from opening. At 100,000 feet, there isn’t much air, hence, the parachute has to fall into denser air before there’s enough of it to open. The color would also help us find it once it hit the ground.
