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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A view from inside the well deck of the U.S. Navy’s USS Anchorage, reveals the Orion boilerplate...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 4A....
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, NASA and U.S. Navy...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, NASA and U.S. Navy...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego during...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats freely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA astronaut Nicole Stott talks to members of the U.S. Navy inside the USS Anchorage during...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Navy divers in a Zodiac boat attach tether lines to NASA’s Orion boilerplate test article...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle awaits release from the water-filled well deck of the USS...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Inside the U.S. Navy’s USS Anchorage, the well deck has filled with water around the Orion...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...
Melissa Jones, far right, Landing and Recovery director with the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel prepare to release the Orion boilerplate test...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean, a distance away from the USS...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, visitors talk with U.S. Navy personnel and view...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The sun sets into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego following the Orion Underway...
HAMPTON, Va. – At the Naval Station Norfolk near NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, the Orion boilerplate...