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S69-27746 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 crew awaits the arrival of a recovery helicopter from the USS...
Boats belonging to the SpaceX recovery team are seen in the Gulf of Mexico after being deployed from the SpaceX...
NASA Recovery Team members with Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and the U.S. Navy prepare for Underway Recovery...
Lead NASA Operations Engineer Courtney Stern, with the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Recovery Team, inspects the...
Tracy Parks, Recovery Operations integrator with Jacobs, reviews procedures during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7),...
Members of the Exploration Ground Systems Recovery Team monitor the depth of the water in the well deck of the USS...
During Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7), U.S. Navy divers approach a test version of the Orion capsule to practice...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test...
During Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7), U.S. Navy divers approach a test version of the Orion capsule to practice...
At sunset on Nov. 1, 2018, NASA's Recovery Team, along with the U.S. Navy, practice recovering a test version of the...
U.S. Navy divers push off from the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha to practice recovery of the Orion crew...
John Stirling, with Jacobs on the NASA Recovery Team, unties the test version of the Orion crew capsule before...
S70-35638 (17 April 1970) --- A perilous space mission comes to a smooth ending with the safe splashdown of the...
NASA's Landing and Recovery Director Melissa Jones observes recovery of a test version of the Orion capsule during...
At sunset on Nov. 1, 2018, NASA's Recovery Team, along with the U.S. Navy, practice recovering a test version of the...
NASA's Recovery Team, along with the U.S. Navy, practice recovering a test version of the Orion capsule as part of...
Access and Handling Engineer Pete Reutt, with Jacobs on the NASA Recovery Team, inspects the pony collar on a test...
NASA's Recovery Team, along with the U.S. Navy, practice recovering a test version of the Orion capsule as part of...
Johnny Bryant, communications officer, speaks with team members in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha, during...
S72-56147 (19 Dec. 1972) --- A water-level view of the Apollo 17 Command Module (CM) floating in the Pacific Ocean...
During Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7), U.S. Navy divers approach a test version of the Orion capsule to practice...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test...
Apollo-era recovery engineer Milt Heflin takes time out from Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) to pose in front of a...
NASA Recovery Team members aboard a rigid hull boat monitor the winch line attached to a test version of the Orion...