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Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Keen

Following its first test flight and ocean recovery on December 5, the NASA Orion crew module is seen in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). The EFT-1 flight of Orion was the fifth at-sea testing of the Orion crew module using a Navy well deck recovery method.

Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Keen

Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 and Mobile Diving and Salvage Company 11‐7, recovered the module during the Orion Program’s first exploration flight test.

Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul Seeber

The Military Sealift Command diving and salvage vessel USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1, Fleet Combat Camera Pacific, and Fleet Weather Center San Diego were also in the Pacific Ocean supporting Orion crew module recovery operations.

Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Corey Green