Image: Orion water test
Description: NASA and Department of Defense personnel familiarize themselves with a Navy-built, 18,000-pound Orion mock-up in a test pool at the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. Ocean testing will begin April 6 off the coast of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of the operation, dubbed the Post-landing Orion Recovery Test, or PORT, is to determine what kind of motions the astronaut crew can expect after landing, as well as conditions outside for the recovery team. The experience will help NASA design landing recovery operations including equipment, ship and crew necessities.
Title: Orion water test
Credit: Orion Mock-up and Collaboration Between NASA and Department of Defense
Author: Ryan Hanyok and the NSWC photographic team led by Peter Congedo
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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