Some of you may ask where is the spacecraft recovery photos. Well NASA and the USN have not released them yet. Here are some photos I posted showing training on recovering the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of an LPD.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2018) - Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven and NASA personnel retrieve a Boilerplate Test Article November 1 during an Underway Recovery Test (URT) with amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). URT is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to safely practice and evaluate recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in an open ocean environment that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft upon its return to Earth. (U.S. Navy photo by Navy Diver Chief Petty Officer Julio Cerecer)
After splashdown the prime recovery ship will be an amphibous ship..not an aircraft carrier as with previous Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.. The capsule will be floated into the well deck and secured there...and the astronauts unless injured or ill will remain in the capsule until it is secured.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 31, 2018) The Exploration Ground Systems Recovery Team, along with the U.S. Navy, practice recovering a test version of the Orion capsule and bringing it inside the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 31, 2018. URT-7 is one in a series of tests to verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions. Orion will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy NASA/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2018) - Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven and NASA personnel retrieve a Boilerplate Test Article November 1 during an Underway Recovery Test (URT) with amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). URT is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to safely practice and evaluate recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in an open ocean environment that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft upon its return to Earth. (U.S. Navy photo by Navy Diver Chief Petty Officer Julio Cerecer)
After splashdown the prime recovery ship will be an amphibous ship..not an aircraft carrier as with previous Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.. The capsule will be floated into the well deck and secured there...and the astronauts unless injured or ill will remain in the capsule until it is secured.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 31, 2018) The Exploration Ground Systems Recovery Team, along with the U.S. Navy, practice recovering a test version of the Orion capsule and bringing it inside the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 31, 2018. URT-7 is one in a series of tests to verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions. Orion will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy NASA/Released)
