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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This photo shows one of two lightning strikes that occurred on May 11 around 11 p.m. within a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. In a secure facility located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two Styrofoam boxes...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been lowered into the water with a stationary crane from...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the third day of Underway Recovery Test 4A in the Pacific Ocean, the Orion boilerplate test...
The STS-64 patch depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery in a payload-bay-to-Earth attitude with its primary payload,...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At Naval Base San Diego in California, U.S. Navy personnel prepare the Orion boilerplate test...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On board the USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, U.S. Navy personnel check...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been lowered into the water with a stationary crane from...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is lifted with a stationary crane during the first day of...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, is docked at Naval Base San Diego in...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is slowly lowered by stationary crane toward the water during...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the third day of Underway Recovery Test 4A in the Pacific Ocean, the Orion boilerplate test...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – During Orion Underway Recovery Test 4A aboard the USNS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At Naval Base San Diego in California, a crane is used to lift the Orion boilerplate test...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On board the USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, U.S. Navy personnel monitor...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle, hardware and...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been lowered by...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been lowered into the water with a stationary crane from...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At Naval Base San Diego in California, a crane is used to lift the Orion boilerplate test...
From left to right, Courtney Stern, ground and mission operations recovery/rescue, NASA Kennedy Space Center...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been lowered into the water with a stationary crane from...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, is docked at Naval Base San Diego in...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been lowered into the water with a stationary crane from...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, heads out to the Pacific Ocean with...