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USS Somerset sailors direct the landing of helicopters with astronauts onboard during Underway Recovery Test-12...
STS028-S-018 (13 Aug 1989) --- The Space shuttle Columbia is captured on film just prior to main gear touchdown at...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
Liliana Villarreal, Artemis II Landing and Recovery Director, of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and...
NASA’s Artemis II crew member CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen discusses the Underway Recovery...
Mission support teams are seen toeing in rope line on USS Somerset as they practice with the Crew Module Test...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
NASA, Department of Defense personnel from Detachment 3 out of Patrick Air Force Base, and the Mobile Diving Salvage...
NASA’s Artemis II crew member NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman discusses the Underway Recovery Test (URT-11) during a...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, sits nestled in its cradle during...
A Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 approaches USS Somerset after recovering crew from...
Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team are seen on the bridge of USS Somerset as teams practice Artemis...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
Spotlights illuminate Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during safing operations at the Kennedy Space Center's...
Boeing Defense, Space and Security President and CEO Leanne Caret gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the...
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, left, and NASA Flight Surgeon Richard Scheuring, are seen on the flight deck of USS...
Vice President Mike Pence, right, speaks to Patrick Shanahan, deputy secretary, Department of Defense, during the...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
The STS-53 crew portrait included astronauts (front left to right): Guion S. Bluford, and James S. Voss, mission...
A helicopter lands on USS Somerset off the coast of California, as NASA and Department of Defense teams participate...
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas is carried to the medical bay of USS Somerset during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the...
Teams work around the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) as they practice Artemis recovery operations during Underway...