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Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team are seen as they recover the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full...
S66-00933 (28 Jan. 1966) --- Gemini-11 Experiment D-16 Knee Tether, sponsored by the Department of Defense and the...
Teams work on the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, as it sits sits...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test...
NASA astronaut Stan Love is seen as he prepares to take part in practicing Artemis recovery procedures during...
NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team, partners from the Department of Defense, and U.S. Navy...
A helicopter lands on USS Somerset off the coast of California, as NASA and Department of Defense teams participate...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen inside the well deck of...
Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense...
Teams work to recover the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, as part of...
Teams prepare to release the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset...
Five astronauts composed the STS-28 crew. Seated from left to right are Richard N. (Dick) Richards, pilot; Brewster...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
STS-36 Commander John O. Creighton, smiling and wearing a headset, listens to music as the tape recorder freefloats...
NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense aboard the...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team clean up after completing the days activities during Underway Recovery...
STS-36 Mission Specialist (MS) David C. Hilmers points the large-format AEROLINHOF camera out overhead window W7 on...
S89-41091 (18 July 1989) --- During the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), STS-28 crew members are...
A Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter flies past USS Somerset off the coast of California, as NASA and Department of...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team clean up after completing the days activities during Underway Recovery...
Teams gather as they prepare the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft,...
NASA astronaut Stan Love is seen as he prepares to take part in practicing Artemis recovery procedures during...
NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense aboard the...