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The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean near the USS Anchorage during Underway Recovery Test...
Officials from NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other mission managers participate...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA astronaut Nicole Stott talks to members of the U.S. Navy inside the USS Anchorage during...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel remove the handling fixture from the Orion...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the third day of Underway Recovery Test 4A, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the...
In this view looking up, the mobile service tower doors are open at Space Launch Complex-3 (SLC-3) at Vandenberg...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, visitors take photographs in front of the Orion...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Navy personnel use a rigid hull inflatable boat to approach the Orion boilerplate test...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been moved from its cradle onto a set of rubber shock...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 4A....
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Navy divers in a Zodiac boat attach tether lines to NASA’s Orion boilerplate test article...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, at left, talks to Jeremy Graeber, NASA Recovery director for...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel make sure that the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Inside the U.S. Navy’s USS Anchorage, NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel watch as the...
Siberian Ribbons - June 15th, 2005 Description: Vivid colors and bizarre shapes come together in an image that could...
On the deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel monitor the process as a crane is used to lower the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, heads out to the Pacific Ocean with...
Melissa Jones, Landing and Recovery director with NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program (GSDO)...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The well deck of the USS San Diego fills with water and surrounds the Orion boilerplate test...
In the well deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel gather near the Orion boilerplate test article...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats freely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego...
Members of the recovery team gather on the flight deck of the USS San Diego before the start of another day of...