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ISS040-E-000404 (18 May 2014) --- The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is pictured just prior to being released...
NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, composed of members from the Department of Defense, NASA and contractor Jacobs,...
S69-21037 (26 May 1969) --- A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted up to a helicopter from the prime recovery...
A test version of Orion sits nestled in its cradle during Underway Recovery Test-8 off the coast of California....
Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on...
art001e001939 (Dec. 2, 2022) A camera mounted on one of Orion’s four solar arrays captured this image of the Moon on...
ISS031-E-079316 (31 May 2012) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured just prior to being released by the...
art001e002069 (Dec. 5, 2022) On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured the Moon on the day of return...
The Artemis Orion crew module test article (CMTA) is in view in the high bay inside the Launch Equipment Test...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is in view at the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 area at NASA’s Kennedy...
S66-50756 (15 Sept. 1966) --- The Gemini-11 prime crew, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right) and Richard F. Gordon...
iss055e057155 (May 5, 2018) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm...
Astronaut Michael Barratt observes Underway Recovery Test-8 aboard the USS John P. Murtha. During the test, NASA’s...
S66-59997 (15 Nov. 1966) --- A happy Gemini-12 prime crew arrives aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Wasp. Astronauts...
The well deck of the USS Anchorage, which NASA and the Navy use for Orion recovery tests on Sept. 15, 2014, can be...
art001e002067 (Dec. 5, 2022) On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured the Moon on the day of return...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – An H60-S Seahawk helicopter lands on the deck of the USS Anchorage in the Pacific Ocean off the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel review recovery procedures on the USS Anchorage in...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel are preparing the well deck of the USS Anchorage...
Members from NASA’s Artemis Landing and Recovery team and the Department of War perform a final simulation of the...
Members from NASA’s Artemis Landing and Recovery team and the Department of War perform a final simulation of the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Navy personnel are stationed on the deck of the USS Anchorage as the ship departs Naval...
S69-27469 (13 March 1969) --- U.S. Navy helicopter crewmembers assist the Apollo 9 astronauts during recovery...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A member of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8 signals to the pilot in an H60-S Seahawk...