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S81-30953 (13 April 1981) --- With one of the two expended solid rocket boosters from the launch of the space...
Off the rear of the USS Anchorage, the Orion test article is pulled in by a winch line at the rear of the USS...
As part of Underway Recovery Test 6 on Jan. 18, 2018, the Orion test article is pulled in by a winch line at the...
S72-56147 (19 Dec. 1972) --- A water-level view of the Apollo 17 Command Module (CM) floating in the Pacific Ocean...
As part of Underway Recovery Test 6, the Orion test article is pulled in by a winch line at the rear of the USS...
As part of Underway Recovery Test 6, the Orion test article is pulled in by a winch line at the rear of the USS...
As part of Underway Recovery Test 6 on Jan. 18, 2018, the Orion test article is pulled in by a winch line at the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, is docked at Naval Base San Diego in...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, is docked at Naval Base San Diego in...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, is docked at Naval Base San Diego in...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the third day of Underway Recovery Test 4A, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The USS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, is docked at Naval Base San Diego in...
NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, composed of members from the Department of Defense, NASA and contractor Jacobs,...
S62-04027 (24 May 1962) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission,...
NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, composed of members from the Department of Defense, NASA and contractor Jacobs,...
S65-33490 (7 June 1965) --- A United States Navy frogman team participates in the recovery of the Gemini-Titan 4...
S65-33491 (7 June 1965) --- A United States Navy frogman team participates in the recovery of the Gemini-Titan 4...
S62-04058 (24 May 1962) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission,...
NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, composed of members from the Department of Defense, NASA and contractor Jacobs,...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks with a member of the Orion recovery team on board the USS Anchorage as the...
S86-30088 (March 1986) --- Salvage operations offshore of Kennedy Space Center, are depicted in this artist’s...
Apollo command module boilerplate floats in the Atlantic Ocean during a practice recovery exercise. Frogmen in a...
S68-52542 (22 Oct. 1968) --- The Apollo 7 crew arrives aboard the USS Essex, the prime recovery ship for the...
Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery Team review wave data during Underway Recovery Test-8 off the coast of...