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NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen gets a birds-eye view of the rough seas during part of Underway Recovery Test 6. Bowen is watching the testing so he can provide the team with an astronaut’s perspective. The testing with Kennedy Space Center's NASA Recovery Team and the U.S. Navy will provide important data that is being used to improve recovery procedures and hardware ahead of Orion's next flight, Exploration Mission-1, when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean