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U.S. Navy divers from EOD Mobile Unit 11, MDS Company 11-7 prepare their small boat for launch in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha, during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) on Oct. 31, 2018. The Exploration Ground Systems recovery team and the U.S. Navy are using 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.