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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to Milt Heflin on the USS Anchorage on the first day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 3. Heflin was a former space shuttle flight director and Mission Operations executive with experience as a recovery engineer for several Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project missions. At left is Brandi Dean, NASA Public Affairs Office. The ship will head out to sea, off the coast of San Diego, in search of conditions to support test needs for a full dress rehearsal of recovery operations. NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket and in 2018 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2014-3946

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks t...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to Milt Heflin on the USS Anchorage on the first day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 3. Heflin was a former space shuttle flight director and... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel listen to former space shuttle flight director and mission operations executive Milt Heflin during Orion recovery preparations aboard the USS Anchorage in the Pacific Ocean. Heflin was on prime recovery ships during the splashdowns and post-landing activities of Apollo 8, 10, 16 and 17, each of the three Skylab missions and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. NASA and the U.S. Navy are preparing for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from space and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is leading the recovery efforts. The first unpiloted flight test of Orion is scheduled to launch this week atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. During its two-orbit, 4.5-hour flight, Orion will venture 3,600 miles in altitude and travel nearly 60,000 miles before returning to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2014-4649

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel list...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel listen to former space shuttle flight director and mission operations executive Milt Heflin during Orion recovery preparations aboard the USS An... More

Hospital Corpsman (HM) Jeff Barnes travels alongside Signalman Second Class (SM2) Dustin Lowe as he is flown from USS ANCHORAGE (LSD 36) for medical attention to an injured hip during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Hospital Corpsman (HM) Jeff Barnes travels alongside Signalman Second ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: HC 11 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, U... More

Hospital Corpsman (HM) Jeff Barnes travels alongside Signalman Second Class (SM2) Dustin Lowe as he is flown from USS ANCHORAGE (LSD 36) for medical attention to an injured hip during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Hospital Corpsman (HM) Jeff Barnes travels alongside Signalman Second ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: HC 11 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, U... More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Katie Glendy, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Anchorage (LPD 23), directs the launch of an MV-22 Osprey.

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Katie Glendy, assigned to ...

Pacific Ocean (Apr. 23, 2013) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Katie Glendy, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Anchorage (LPD 23), directs ... More

Air department Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) scrub the flight deck as the ship approaches the Alaska coast.

Air department Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transpo...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 30, 2013) Air department Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) scrub the flight deck as the ship approaches the Alaska coast. Anchorage i... More

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Travis Cole approach the scene to simulate rescuing an injured aircrew

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technici...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 10, 2013) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Travis Cole approach the scene to simulate rescuing an injured aircrew during flight deck drills ... More

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz searches the interior of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter while training to rescue injured aircrew during flight deck drills

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz searches the interior of a CH...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 10, 2013) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz searches the interior of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter while training to rescue injured aircrew during flight deck drills aboard the San An... More

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Travis Cole approach a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to simulate rescuing an injured aircrew

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technici...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 10, 2013) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Travis Cole approach a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to simulate rescuing an injured aircrew during... More

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Travis Cole enter a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to simulate rescuing an injured aircrew

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technici...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 10, 2013) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Carson Seitz and Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Travis Cole enter a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to simulate rescuing an injured aircrew during fl... More

Commanding Officer Cmdr. Joel Stewart addresses the crew during an all hands call.

Commanding Officer Cmdr. Joel Stewart addresses the crew during an all...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 11, 2013) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Joel Stewart addresses the crew during an all hands call aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is unde... More

Lt. Evan Young controls the approach of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from the helicopter control tower aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Lt. Evan Young controls the approach of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 11, 2013) Lt. Evan Young controls the approach of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from the helicopter control tower aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (L... More

Lt. Evan Young controls the approach of a CH-46 Sea Knight from a helicopter control tower.

Lt. Evan Young controls the approach of a CH-46 Sea Knight from a heli...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 11, 2013) Lt. Evan Young controls the approach of a CH-46 Sea Knight from the helicopter control tower aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchor... More

The rifle detail prepares to fire a volley from the well deck during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

The rifle detail prepares to fire a volley from the well deck during a...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 13, 2013) The rifle detail prepares to fire a volley from the well deck during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage i... More

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Greene performs

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Greene performs

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Greene performs Taps during a burial at sea service held aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is underway after being ... More

Sailors and Marines prepare to commit the body of a former service member to the sea during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Sailors and Marines prepare to commit the body of a former service mem...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 13, 2013) Sailors and Marines prepare to commit the body of a former service member to the sea during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorag... More

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Jason Tajima bears the flag during a burial at sea aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Jason Tajima bears the flag during a buria...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 13, 2013) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Jason Tajima bears the flag during a burial at sea aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is underway... More

A Sailor holds the flag on the casket of a former service member during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

A Sailor holds the flag on the casket of a former service member durin...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 13, 2013) A Sailor holds the flag on the casket of a former service member during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorag... More

Sailors and Marines prepare to commit the body of a former service member to the sea during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23)

Sailors and Marines prepare to commit the body of a former service mem...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 13, 2013) Sailors and Marines prepare to commit the body of a former service member to the sea during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorag... More

Sailors and Marines commit the body of a former service member to the sea during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Sailors and Marines commit the body of a former service member to the ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 13, 2013) Sailors and Marines commit the body of a former service member to the sea during a burial at sea aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).... More

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Greene performs Taps during a burial at sea service held aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23)

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Greene performs Taps during a buria...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 13, 2013) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Greene performs Taps during a burial at sea service held aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anch... More

Flight deck, USS Anchorage (LPD 23)

Flight deck, USS Anchorage (LPD 23)

Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 prepares to conduct night flight operations from the flight deck of USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 sh... More

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA Orion Program.

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 02, 2014) Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, Mobile Diving and Salvage Com... More

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA Orion Program.

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 02, 2014) Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, Mobile Diving and Salvage Com... More

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA Orion Program.

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 02, 2014) Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, Mobile Diving and Salvage Com... More

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA Orion Program.

Sailors participate in the second underway recovery test for the NASA ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 02, 2014) Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, Mobile Diving and Salvage Com... More

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ships USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23) conduct boat operations .

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014) Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ships USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23) conduct bo... More

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ships USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23) conduct boat operations .

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014) Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ships USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23) conduct bo... More

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ships USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23) conduct boat operations .

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014) Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3 and Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ships USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23) conduct bo... More

An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV), assigned to the 3rd AAV Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV), assigned to the 3rd AAV Battalion...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2014) An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV), assigned to the 3rd AAV Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif., embarks the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23)... More

An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV), attached to the

An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV), attached to the

An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV), attached to the 3rd AAV Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif., embarks the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is currently off the c... More

Amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs), assigned to the 3rd AAV Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs), assigned to the 3rd AAV Battalion ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2014) Amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs), assigned to the 3rd AAV Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif., disembark from the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 2... More

An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 approaches the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 20, 2014) An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 approaches the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is off the... More

A Sailor directs Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 90, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, as it enters the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

A Sailor directs Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 90, assigned to Assa...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 20, 2014) A Sailor directs Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 90, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, as it enters the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23... More

An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 approaches for a landing aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 20, 2014) An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 approaches for a landing aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). ... More

Sailors aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage

Sailors aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage

Sailors aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) take the Navy wide E-4 advancement exam in the mess decks. Anchorage is currently operating off the coast of Southern California undergoing a... More

A Sailor aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) hauls a refueling line to an MV-22 Osprey.

A Sailor aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 20, 2014) A Sailor aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) hauls a refueling line to an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161. Anchorag... More

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) honors fallen veterans during a burial at sea. Anchorage, along with embarked members of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, is curren... More

Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) participate in a burial at sea.

Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock sh...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 22, 2014) Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) participate in a burial at sea. Anchorage, along with embarked members of the 1st Ma... More

Sailors man the rails as San Antonio-class amphibious

Sailors man the rails as San Antonio-class amphibious

Sailors man the rails as San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) pulls in to Pearl Harbor. Since arriving off of Hawaii's coast, Anchorage has been working with Marines at Kaneoh... More

Ship's Serviceman Seaman Joey Birkel mans a .50-caliber

Ship's Serviceman Seaman Joey Birkel mans a .50-caliber

Ship's Serviceman Seaman Joey Birkel mans a .50-caliber machine gun as amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) exits Pearl Harbor. Anchorage is currently performing training with the 3rd Marines o... More

A CH-47 Chinook attached to the Army's 25th Combat

A CH-47 Chinook attached to the Army's 25th Combat

A CH-47 Chinook attached to the Army's 25th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, approaches the flight deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) for a landing durin... More

Chief Master at Arms Michael Buzzard instructs Logistics

Chief Master at Arms Michael Buzzard instructs Logistics

Chief Master at Arms Michael Buzzard instructs Logistics Specialist Seaman Michael Gakungu on proper ammunition loading techniques for an M240 machine gun aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LP... More

Divers from Chile, Japan and U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 conduct small-boat operations from the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Divers from Chile, Japan and U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile U...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 11, 2014) Divers from Chile, Japan and U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 conduct small-boat operations from the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anch... More

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) launch the seven-meter rigid-hulled inflatable boat during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014.

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 2...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 11, 2014) Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) launch the seven-meter rigid-hulled inflatable boat during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. Twent... More

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4),

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LP...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 11, 2014) The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4), the joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) an... More

Cmdr. Joel Stewart, commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and Cmdr. Max Muller, commander of Combined Task Group (CTG 177.1), discuss Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014 on the bridge of Anchorage.

Cmdr. Joel Stewart, commanding officer of the amphibious transport doc...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 11, 2014) Cmdr. Joel Stewart, commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and Cmdr. Max Muller, commander of Combined Task Group (CTG 177.1), discuss Rim... More

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) observe as Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Samina Henry lands a MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 764.

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 2...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 12, 2014) Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) observe as Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Samina Henry lands a MV-22 Osprey from Marine Med... More

Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 transport a dolphin from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) to conduct marine mammal training.

Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 transp...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 12, 2014) Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 transport a dolphin from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) to conduct marine mammal training... More

Members of Australian Clearance Diving Team One, Royal New Zealand Mine Counter Measures Team, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Members of Australian Clearance Diving Team One, Royal New Zealand Min...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 12, 2014) Members of Australian Clearance Diving Team One, Royal New Zealand Mine Counter Measures Team, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (... More

Chief Master-at-Arms Michael Buzzard and Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Stelvy Hayward demonstrate a crew served weapons live-fire evolution during a family day cruise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Chief Master-at-Arms Michael Buzzard and Logistics Specialist 3rd Clas...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 12, 2014) Chief Master-at-Arms Michael Buzzard and Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Stelvy Hayward demonstrate a crew served weapons live-fire evolution during a family day cruise aboard the a... More

Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 prepare to practice piggybacking for long transits with a combat rubber raiding craft on a rigid-hull inflatable boat.

Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 prepare...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 13, 2014) Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 prepare to practice piggybacking for long transits with a combat rubber raiding craft on a rigid-hull inflatable boat... More

Cmdr. Joel Stewart, right, commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), gives a tour of the ship to Vice Adm. Jorge Cruz, Chilean commander of naval operations, during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014.

Cmdr. Joel Stewart, right, commanding officer of the amphibious transp...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 14, 2014) Cmdr. Joel Stewart, right, commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), gives a tour of the ship to Vice Adm. Jorge Cruz, Chilean commander of n... More

TheThe San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships USS Scout (MCM 8) and USS Champion (MCM 4),

TheThe San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 17, 2014) The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships USS Scout (MCM 8) and USS Champion (MCM 4), and the Canadi... More

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) transits off the coast of Southern California as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LP...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 17, 2014) The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) transits off the coast of Southern California as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twen... More

Seaman Christopher Smith steers the ship as helmsmen aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) off the coast of California during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.

Seaman Christopher Smith steers the ship as helmsmen aboard the San An...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 17, 2014) Seaman Christopher Smith steers the ship as helmsmen aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) off the coast of California during Rim of th... More

Combined Forces Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 Canadian Rear Adm. Gilles Couturier, left, speaks with Cmdr. David Stallworth, commanding officer of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14.

Combined Forces Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) of Exercise Rim o...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 18, 2014) Combined Forces Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 Canadian Rear Adm. Gilles Couturier, left, speaks with Cmdr. David Stallworth, com... More

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 and divers from New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, Australia and Chile recover their boats into the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious.

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 18, 2014) Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 and divers from New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, Australia and Chile recover their boats into the ... More

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 and divers from New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, Australia and Chile prepare for a night dive off.

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 18, 2014) Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 and divers from New Zealand, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, Australia and Chile prepare for a night dive off ... More

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) transits off the coast of Southern California during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LP...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 19, 2014) The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) transits off the coast of Southern California during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-t... More

An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14 deploys a Mk-105 sled.

An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Sq...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 25, 2014) An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14 deploys a Mk-105 sled from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) well deck,... More

An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter controls a Mk-105 magnetic mine sweeping sled.

An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter controls a Mk-105 magnetic mine sweepin...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 25, 2014) An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14, embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), controls a Mk-105 magne... More

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) make preparations to deploy the Mk-105 sled from the ship's well deck.

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 2...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 25, 2014) Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) make preparations to deploy the Mk-105 sled from the ship's well deck during air mine countermeasure operat... More

An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter controls a Mk-105 magnetic mine sweeping sled during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2014.

An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter controls a Mk-105 magnetic mine sweepin...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 25, 2014) An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14, attached to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23)... More

Sailors launch a rigid hulled inflatable boat (RIB)

Sailors launch a rigid hulled inflatable boat (RIB)

Sailors launch a rigid hulled inflatable boat (RIB) from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 on board USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ship... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, children sign a banner near the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3296

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, ch...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, children sign a banner near the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA Public Affairs Officer Amber Philman describes the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft to visitors during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3300

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NA...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA Public Affairs Officer Amber Philman describes the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft to visitors during an outreach event at the n... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, children sign a banner and view the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3302

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, ch...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, children sign a banner and view the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prep... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, children pick up Orion posters from U.S. Navy personnel during an outreach event at the naval base. The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is on display. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3301

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, ch...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, children pick up Orion posters from U.S. Navy personnel during an outreach event at the naval base. The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is on d... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA's Orion boilerplate test vehicle is on display during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3294

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NA...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA's Orion boilerplate test vehicle is on display during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Or... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, visitors talk with U.S. Navy personnel and view the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3298

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, vi...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, visitors talk with U.S. Navy personnel and view the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchora... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, former NASA astronaut Heidi Piper talks with visitors about Exploration Flight Test-1 during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3295

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, fo...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, former NASA astronaut Heidi Piper talks with visitors about Exploration Flight Test-1 during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anch... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, visitors take photographs in front of the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3297

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, vi...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, visitors take photographs in front of the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is bein... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3293

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The Orion boilerplate test vehicle and other hardware will be load... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, former NASA astronaut Heidi Piper signs the banner near the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS Anchorage is being prepared for the Orion Underway Recovery Test 2. The test vehicle and other hardware will be loaded into the well deck of the ship and head out to sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for 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, new support hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program will conduct the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3299

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, fo...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, former NASA astronaut Heidi Piper signs the banner near the Orion boilerplate test vehicle during an outreach event at the naval base. The USS... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, support hardware for the Orion boilerplate test vehicle is be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3305

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, su...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, support hardware for the Orion boilerplate test vehicle is be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA,... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are secured in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3312

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are secured in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, ... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being prepared to be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3303

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being prepared to be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Rec... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3308

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, L... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel make sure that the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are secured in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3310

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NA...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel make sure that the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are secured in the well deck of the USS An... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being prepared to be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3307

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being prepared to be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Rec... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3309

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, L... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being prepared to be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3306

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being prepared to be loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Rec... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3304

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are being loaded in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. N... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel make sure that the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are secured in the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3311

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NA...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel make sure that the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are secured in the well deck of the USS An... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel remove the handling fixture from the Orion boilerplate test vehicle in the well deck of the USS Anchorage at the U.S. Naval Base San Diego, to prepare for Underway Recovery Test 2. The ship will head out to sea, off the coast of San Diego, in search of conditions to support test needs. The team will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3313

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel remo...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel remove the handling fixture from the Orion boilerplate test vehicle in the well deck of the USS Anchorage at the U.S. Naval Base San Diego, to p... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and cradle have been positioned in the well deck of the USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3315

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and cradle have been positioned in the well deck of the USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery ... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and cradle have been positioned in the well deck of the USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2. A worker moves a piece of the handling fixture that was removed from around the test vehicle. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3316

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, th...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and cradle have been positioned in the well deck of the USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery ... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel remove the handling fixture from the Orion boilerplate test vehicle in the well deck of the USS Anchorage at the U.S. Naval Base San Diego, to prepare for Underway Recovery Test 2. The ship will head out to sea, off the coast of San Diego, in search of conditions to support test needs. The team will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The second underway recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery tests. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3314

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel remo...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel remove the handling fixture from the Orion boilerplate test vehicle in the well deck of the USS Anchorage at the U.S. Naval Base San Diego, to p... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. A safety barrier has been installed near the test vehicle to keep it from moving further into the well deck as it fills with water. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3399

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. A safety barrier has been installed near the test vehicle to keep it from going further into the well deck as it fills with water. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3397

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3318

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Workers are installing a safety barrier near the test vehicle to keep it from going further into the well deck as it fills with water. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3394

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Workers have installing a safety barrier near the test vehicle to keep it from going further into the well deck as it fills with water. In the foreground is the test vehicle handling fixture. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3396

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Workers are installing a safety barrier near the test vehicle to keep it from going further into the well deck as it fills with water. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3395

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Workers are installing a safety barrier near the test vehicle to keep it from going further into the well deck as it fills with water. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3393

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. A safety barrier has been installed near the test vehicle to keep it from going further into the well deck as it fills with water. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy will conduct the test to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3398

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on i...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle in the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage in preparation for Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast o... More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Inside the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle before the start of a portion of the Underway Recovery Test 2. Workers check the pressure of the bright orange stabilizers that will keep Orion upright in the water if needed. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are conducting the test in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test will allow the team to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is conducting the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-3403

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Inside the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchor...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Inside the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle is secured on its cradle before the start of a portion of the Underway Recovery Test 2. Workers chec... More

Engineman 2nd Class Brandon Miller, from Lincoln, Ill., maintains cylinder heads on the main propulsion engine aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Engineman 2nd Class Brandon Miller, from Lincoln, Ill., maintains cyli...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 01, 2014) Engineman 2nd Class Brandon Miller, from Lincoln, Ill., maintains cylinder heads on the main propulsion engine aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). (U.... More

Engineman 1st Class Nolan McAbee, from Idaho Falls, Idaho, monitors the engineering officer of the watch console aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23).

Engineman 1st Class Nolan McAbee, from Idaho Falls, Idaho, monitors th...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 01, 2014) Engineman 1st Class Nolan McAbee, from Idaho Falls, Idaho, monitors the engineering officer of the watch console aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). (... More

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