NASA and the U.S. Navy conduct a test on Feb. 20, 2014 in the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, California, to prepare for the recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Date February 20, 2014