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Underway Recovery Test 7 (URT-7) - Day 3 Activities

At night, on Nov. 1, 2018, a test version of the Orion capsule is pulled into the well deck of the USS John P....

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The U.S. Navy uses two rigid hull inflatable boats to practice Orion underway recovery test...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS San Diego heads out to sea with the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware in...

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On a deck of the USS San Diego, U.S. Navy personnel use a crane and tether lines to lower the...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the USS San Diego heads out to sea with the...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In the well deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel prepare a parachute for...

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the USS San Diego, a crane is used to lower the forward bay cover, attached to tether lines,...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS San Diego heads out to sea with the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware in...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, a tug boat accompanies the USS San Diego as it...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The skyline of San Diego, California is visible as the USS San Diego departs from the U.S. Naval...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Navy personnel push a rigid hull inflatable boat from the well deck of the USS San Diego to...

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel use a crane to lower a parachute into a rigid...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion forward bay cover is lowered into the water using a crane and tether lines as part of...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion forward bay cover is lowered into the water using a crane and tether lines as part of...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA and U.S. Navy personnel practice retrieving the Orion forward bay cover from the water...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS San Diego heads out to sea with the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware in...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the USS San Diego heads out to sea with the...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Using a rigid hull inflatable boat, NASA and the U.S. Navy practice retrieving the Orion forward...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the USS San Diego, a crane is used to lower a rigid hull inflatable boat into the Pacific...

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the top deck of the USS San Diego, a helicopter flies overhead to monitor conditions as the...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the USS San Diego heads out to sea with the...

Orion Underway Recovery Test for EFT-1

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In the well deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel gather near the Orion...

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel monitor the process as a crane is...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Launch Control Center, Robert Holl (left), Landing Recovery directo, and Donald Hammel, from the Shuttle Project Office, are in contact with the leaders of the “Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The simulation is being managed and directed from the LCC. The purpose of the Mode VII is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews are responding to the volunteer “astronauts” who are simulating various injuries inside the crew compartment mock-up. Rescuers must remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.