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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, departs from Naval Base San Diego on...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during the third day of Underway...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle has been lifted by stationary crane and lowered onto the USS...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 4A....
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On board the USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the third day of Underway Recovery Test 4A, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 4A....
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – During the third day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 4A, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel prepare...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 4A....
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during the third day of Underway...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – During the third day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 4A, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle has...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the third day of Underway Recovery Test 4A, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Members of the 920th Rescue Wing release a flotation collar around the mockup Orion crew...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Members of the 920th Rescue Wing make their way toward the mockup Orion crew exploration...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Media and photographers get a close-up view of the Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Media and spectators get a close-up view of the Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury capsule...
S88-31380 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., strides across the deck of the U.S. Navy Carrier Champlain...
S88-31382 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard receives assistance in removing his spacesuit while on the U.S....
S88-31384 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) pilot, is pictured near his...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Violette Wahba Salib (left) and Ron Storey, a NASA Security agent, exit a NASA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Patti Bell (left) and Dr. Violette Wahba Salib (center) are greeted by KSC Deputy...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USNS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, is docked at Naval Base San Diego in...
The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 4A....