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After splashing down at 12:40 p.m. EST on Dec. 11, 2022, U.S. Navy divers help recover the Orion Spacecraft for the...
Fast boats are deployed during the Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California,...
A Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 approaches USS Somerset after recovering crew from...
S116-E-07837 (21 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, a...
S127-E-012308 (30 July 2009) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour, a...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team are seen as they recover the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full...
Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense...
USS San Diego Commanding Officer Capt. David Walton speaks at a news conference held in San Diego, California on...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
NASA’s Artemis II crew member NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks to members of the media about the Underway...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham and Andrew Douglas are seen inside the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full-scale...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
On August 8, 1989, the 4th mission dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD), STS-28, lifted off from Kennedy...
NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, get in boats...
NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham smiles after landing in a Navy helicopter onboard USS Somerset during Underway Recovery...
NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham is seen as she prepares to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during...
Teams gather as they prepare for the first day of Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset, Tuesday, March 25,...
Teams work around the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) as they practice Artemis recovery operations during Underway...
Teams gather as they prepare the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft,...
NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Deniz Burnham, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano are seen...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham signs an interior panel of the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery...