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On November 22, 1989, at 7:23:30pm (EST), five astronauts were launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter...
Navy Divers of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 1 prepare to take part in practicing...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test...
After splashing down at 12:40 p.m. EST on Dec. 11, 2022, U.S. Navy divers help recover the Orion Spacecraft for the...
Teams work to recover the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale replica of the Orion spacecraft, as they...
Teams work around the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) as they practice recovery operations during Underway Recovery...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
Sailors from USS Somerset assist in the recovery of the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the...
Teams work on the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, as it sits sits...
STS033-S-001 (22 Nov 1989) --- Lighting up the entire launch complex, the Space Shuttle Discovery heads toward an...
S116-E-07831 (21 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, a...
Navy Divers of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 1 are seen as they prepare to...
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, left, and NASA Flight Surgeon Richard Scheuring, are seen on the flight deck of USS...
Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense...
Navy Divers of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 1 prepare to take part in practicing...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team load a mannequin into the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team are seen as they recover the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full...
STS038-S-041 (20 Nov 1990) --- STS-38 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center...
Teams work on the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, as it sits sits...
Teams clean up after completing the days activities during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset,...
NASA's Landing and Recovery team, along with partners from the Department of Defense, successfully completed the...
NASA’s Artemis II crew member NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman observes a news conference discussing the practice...
The official STS-38 crew portrait includes the following 5 astronauts (front left to right): Frank L. Culbertson,...