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On November 22, 1989, at 7:23:30pm (EST), 5 astronauts were launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter...
S127-E-012322 (30 July 2009) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour, a...
Teams prepare to release the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test-12...
Engine for the Jupiter rocket. The Jupiter vehicle was a direct derivative of the Redstone. The Army Ballistic...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen as it is deployed from USS...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano is seen as he prepares to take part in practicing Artemis...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, sits nestled in its cradle during...
The daily schedule is posted during the Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California,...
Mission support teams are seen off the stern of USS Somerset as they practice with the Crew Module Test Article...
In July 1990, the Marshall Space Flight Center, in a joint project with the Department of Defense/Air Force Space...
NASA, Department of Defense personnel from Detachment 3 out of Patrick Air Force Base, and the Mobile Diving Salvage...
During sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and...
NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover is seen in the hatch of the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a...
Teams work around the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) as they practice Artemis recovery operations during Underway...
NASA, Department of Defense personnel from Detachment 3 out of Patrick Air Force Base, and the Mobile Diving Salvage...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
Fast boats are deployed during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday,...
On November 22, 1989, at 7:23:30pm (EST), five astronauts were launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter...
Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense...
During sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and...
Teams gather as they prepare the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft,...
NASA, Department of Defense personnel from Detachment 3 out of Patrick Air Force Base, and the Mobile Diving Salvage...
NASA’s Artemis II crew member NASA astronaut Victor Glover discusses the Underway Recovery Test (URT-11) during a...