when coming back from space, why do astronauts don’t just use a parachute all the way down?

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when coming back from space, why do astronauts don’t just use a parachute all the way down?

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Yet the very first soviet cosmonauts did not landed inside their capsule, they were ejected in atmosphere and landed on chutes. Capsules did have chutes as well and made a soft landing alongside the cosmonaut, but there wasn’t much trust in that new systems back then.

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