Members of the Exploration Ground Systems Recovery Team monitor the depth of the water in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) on Nov. 1, 2018. URT-7 is one in a series conducted the EGS Recovery Team 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.
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Members of the Exploration Ground Systems Recovery Team monitor the depth of the water in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) on Nov. 1, 2018. URT-7 is one in a series conducted the EGS Recovery Team 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.