The Orion Underway Recovery Test 5 (URT-5) team celebrate a successful test during a gathering hosted by the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At far left is Melissa Jones, Orion Landing and Recovery director. During URT-5 in October, the team practiced recovering a test version of the Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, and guiding it into the well deck of the USS San Diego. Over several days, the team demonstrated and evaluated new recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and NASA's Journey to Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion is scheduled to launch on NASA's Space Launch System in late 2018. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion.
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December 7, 2016
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NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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