Orion Recovery Helicopters
Edited NASA image of two helicopters involved in the recovery of the Orion capsule (which was scrubbed and will be attempted again tomorrow morning), seen from the deck of the USS Anchorage.
Original caption: The US Navy and NASA recovery teams are on station off the cost of California and ready to recover Orion after landing. Orion is scheduled to make its first flight test on Dec. 4 with a morning launch atop the Delta IV Heavy. The spacecraft will orbit Earth twice, reaching an altitude of approximately 3,600 miles above Earth before landing in the Pacific Ocean. No one will be aboard Orion for this flight test, but the spacecraft is designed to allow us to journey to destinations never before visited by humans, including an asteroid and Mars.
Orion Recovery Helicopters
Edited NASA image of two helicopters involved in the recovery of the Orion capsule (which was scrubbed and will be attempted again tomorrow morning), seen from the deck of the USS Anchorage.
Original caption: The US Navy and NASA recovery teams are on station off the cost of California and ready to recover Orion after landing. Orion is scheduled to make its first flight test on Dec. 4 with a morning launch atop the Delta IV Heavy. The spacecraft will orbit Earth twice, reaching an altitude of approximately 3,600 miles above Earth before landing in the Pacific Ocean. No one will be aboard Orion for this flight test, but the spacecraft is designed to allow us to journey to destinations never before visited by humans, including an asteroid and Mars.