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Monitors show various views of the well deck of USS Somerset as teams practice recovering the Crew Module Test...
Teams work around the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) as they practice Artemis recovery operations during Underway...
STS053-01-034 (2-9 Dec 1992) --- From the Space Shuttle Discovery's aft flight deck, astronaut Guion S. Bluford,...
S116-E-07838 (21 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, a...
A Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 flies over the Crew Module Test Article...
NASA astronauts Deniz Burnham, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, get in boats...
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) as they practice Artemis recovery procedures during...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery...
Teams gather as they prepare the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft,...
S91-50776 (18 Oct 1991) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis is moved from the Orbital Processing Facility (OPF) Bay 2 to...
Fast boats are deployed during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Thursday,...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team are seen as they recover the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full...
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 replica of the Orion spacecraft, as they...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, sits nestled in its cradle during...
S89-49412 (25 Oct 1989) --- Preparations are underway to rollout the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery from the...
Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense...
On August 8, 1989, the 4th mission dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD), STS-28, lifted off from Kennedy...
Signatures of astronauts who have participated in Artemis recovery training are seen on a panel inside the Crew...
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Live Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Double...
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the Moon in NASA’s Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the...
Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense...