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NASA's Landing and Recovery team, along with partners from the Department of Defense, successfully completed the...
On February 28, SpaceX completed a demonstration of their ability to recover the crew and capsule after a nominal...
The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is in the water-filled well deck of the USS Anchorage during the first day of...
The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured in the well deck of the USS Anchorage during the first day of Underway...
During Orion Underway Recovery Test 4A aboard the USNS Salvor, a safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, a crane is...
This photo depicts the recovery operations of the MR-3 mission. Astronaut Alan Shepard was picked up by a U.S....
The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean near the USS Anchorage during Underway Recovery Test...
The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean near the USS Anchorage during Underway Recovery Test...
Underway Recovery Test team members help secure the Orion boilerplate test vehicle in the well deck of the USS...
Underway Recovery Test team members help secure the Orion boilerplate test vehicle in the well deck of the USS...
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 moves their MH-60S helicopters off the flight deck of the USS Portland (LPD 27) to...
U.S.S. Bennington comes alongside the floating Apollo spacecraft 017 Command Module during recovery operations in...
S68-49661 (22 Oct. 1968) --- A member of the Apollo 7 crew is hoisted up to a recovery helicopter from the USS Essex...
S72-36602 (27 April 1972) --- The Apollo 16 Command Module bobbles photographed in the waters of the central Pacific...
S65-22893 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot of the Gemini-Titan III (GT-3) flight, waits in a...
NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist...
NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist...
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Apollo 7 commander, egresses the spacecraft during recovery operations in the...
S88-31376 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) suborbital...
Leaders from NASA present an overview of the return powered flyby (RPF) burn of the Orion vehicle on December 5....
S69-40753 (24 July 1969) --- The Apollo 11 crewmen, wearing biological isolation garments, arrive aboard the USS...
S70-35651 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in...
S70-35625 (17 April 1970) --- Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot, is hoisted in a "Billy Pugh" net into...
NASA Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, at right, and Melissa Jones, NASA’s Artemis I Recovery...