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Apollo-era recovery engineer Milt Heflin observes the new ways in which the Orion crew capsule will be recovered after splashdown during Underway Recovery Test-7 on Oct. 30, 2018. The Exploration Ground Systems recovery team and the U.S. Navy will use a test version of the Orion crew module, several rigid hull inflatable boats and support equipment to verify and validate processes, procedures, hardware and personnel during recovery of Orion in open waters. The test 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