Underway Recovery Test 6 (URT-6) - Day 1 Activities

A test article of Orion floats in 6-feet of water in the well deck of the USS Anchorage. The NASA Recovery Team from Kennedy Space Center is working with the U.S. Navy to improve recovery procedures and hardware ahead of Orion’s next flight, Exploration Mission-1, when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean.

A test article of Orion floats in 6-feet of water in the well deck of the USS Anchorage. The NASA Recovery Team from Kennedy Space Center is working with the U.S. Navy to improve recovery procedures and hardware ahead of Orion’s next flight, Exploration Mission-1, when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean.