US Navy and NASA team up for Exploration Flight Test - 1

AT SEA

12.04.2014

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Paul Seeber 

Fleet Combat Camera Pacific

U.S. Navy Sailors tend to the Orion Crew Module as it is towed into the well deck of the USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Sailors from Expeditionary Strike Group Three, USS Anchorage, USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight (HSC 8), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One, Fleet Combat Camera Pacific, and Fleet Weather Center San Diego are in the Pacific Ocean supporting the Orion Crew Module recovery operations. Anchorage is currently conducting the first exploration test flight for the NASA Orion program. EFT-1 is the fifth at sea testing of the Orion Crew Module using a Navy well deck recovery method. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul Seeber/Released)

• Date Taken: 12.04.2014
• Date Posted: 12.07.2014 01:04
• Photo ID: 1689100
• VIRIN: 141205-N-KL795-002
• Resolution: 5303x3160
• Size: 3.86 MB
• Location: AT SEA