Moments later, it released its giant blue and red parachutes and floated back to Earth.
She made a popular postcard of two red parachutes tied together, forming a heart; several other cards were sold for years at MOMA's gift shop.
After 30 seconds, the engine cut out and the first of the rocket's red parachutes popped from their casing.
The Statue of Liberty, France's most cherished gift to the United States, acquired an extra piece of Gallic decoration yesterday: a French daredevil in an orange-red parachute dangling helplessly from Lady Liberty's golden flame after an aborted attempt to land on the statue's torch.
A few feet away, one of Johnson's red-parachute postcards sat on a shelf, amid serene Japanese ceramics that Maggi had collected during her years in Tokyo.
A red silk parachute her friend Matthew gave her one windy night reminds her that she neither will nor would skydive.
A junior boy arranged for a U.S. Customs pilot to fly over the Prince William County school and drop a stuffed bulldog with a red bandana parachute on the football field.
Fast, upbeat children's music played as we took our seats around the red and blue parachute.
Recently, the Macon Telegraph observed, "Of all the grand entrances popping out of a cake, dropping by in a parachute, red-carpet arrival nothing says 'Here I am!' like a cannonball".
Don McGowan, 52, a truck driver from Cynthiana, Ky., wore a braided goatee, printed bandanna, ruffled shirt, red sash, baldric, cutlass, parachute pants and sandals, sacrificing some authenticity for comfort as his outfit progressed from head to toe.
