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The Orion crew module was recovered Dec. 5, 2014 after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles off the coast of San Diego, California. Credit: U.S. Navy
After a brilliant first test flight, and historic Pacific Ocean splashdown and recovery on Dec. 5, 2014, NASA’s Orion spacecraft was brought onshore inside the USS Anchorage to the US Naval Base San Diego and has now been offloaded for the cross country trek back her home base in Florida.(…)
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© Ken Kremer for Universe Today, 2014. |
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Post tags: deep space, Delta 4 Heavy, human spaceflight, KSC, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Orion EFT-1, ULA
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