Orion Underway Recovery Test 2

Recovery team members gather around a test version of Orion, with the U.S.S. Anchorage waiting in the background on Aug. 3, 2014. NASA and U.S. Navy practiced recovery techniques off the coast of California, in preparation for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1).

Recovery team members gather around a test version of Orion, with the U.S.S. Anchorage waiting in the background on Aug. 3, 2014. NASA and U.S. Navy practiced recovery techniques off the coast of California, in preparation for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Photographer Kenneth A. Allen