Orion Recovery Preparations

Orion recovery team members make preparations for Orion's splashdown inside the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage Dec. 2, 2014. A combined NASA/Navy team will tow Orion into the Anchorage's flooded well deck using the orange line after the spacecraft lands in the Pacific Ocean following Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 4. Photo credit: NASA

Orion recovery team members make preparations for Orion's splashdown inside the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage Dec. 2, 2014. A combined NASA/Navy team will tow Orion into the Anchorage's flooded well deck using the orange line after the spacecraft lands in the Pacific Ocean following Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 4. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.