NASA GA-ASI Ikhana RPA captures Unmanned Orion splash down

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NASA drone captures Orion splash down





Orion is on its Way to San Diego Naval Base - Utah People's Post

Published on Oct 8, 2014

The test flight, scheduled for December 2014, will examine NASA's new spacecraft by flying it farther than any humans have been since the Apollo missions. NASA engineer Kelly Smith takes explains the flight, step by step.

Published on Dec 6, 2014

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2014) NASA’s Orion spacecraft survived the searing plunge of reentry from orbit, heating up to 2,200 degrees Celsius and experiencing gravitational forces eight times stronger than Earth's. During the fall to Earth, a total of 11 parachutes deployed to slow Orion's descent, including three main chutes that guided the spaceship to a 32km/h splashdown 1,014km south-west of San Diego, California, at 3:29am AEDST. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD-23) was on station as part of the planned recovery efforts in support of the NASA mission. After teh splashdown, Anchorage will use a specially trained bridge team that will be on watch for the operation. Divers aboard small boats will maneuver alongside and rig tending lines to guide the capsule to Anchorage as the ship safely operates on station. The capsule will be brought inside Anchorage through the ship's stern gate and into the well deck. (NASA video/Released)