NASA Artemis Underway Recovery Test 12

NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham, is helped from a Navy helicopter after returning from the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham, is helped from a Navy helicopter after returning from the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. During the test, NASA and Department of Defense teams are practicing to ensure recovery procedures are validated as NASA plans to send Artemis II astronauts around the Moon and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Photographer NASA/Bill Ingalls
Album Underway_Recovery_Test_12
Location Pacific Ocean
ArtemisArtemis IIAstronautCaliforniaCrew Module Test Article CMTA Deniz BurnhamPacific OceanURT-12Underway Recovery Test