Belgian offshore installation contractor DEME said Saturday that the "revolutionary" offshore installation vessel Orion officially joined its fleet. This next-generation vessel is equipped with a ...

The recovery tests for Orion were conducted from the USS Anchorage, seen here in port in San Pedro, Los Angeles. The USS Anchorage is a U.S. Navy amphibious transport ship that first sailed in 2013.

The first flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft was scrubbed Thursday morning, but a San Diego-based recovery ship remained at sea for the next try on Friday.

According to Ponds, there is no better ship for the recovery of Orion than the Anchorage, with its radar, flight deck, robust medical facility and all-important well deck, an area of the ship that ...

To practice for the next Orion space mission, the US Navy in conjunction with NASA has completed a successful rehearsal in the Pacific Ocean of splashdown recovery operations of the crew module.

The Artemis 1 recovery team during a practice exercise on December 2, 2022. Photo: NASA Should all go as planned, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California, on ...

USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26) completed a series of tests practicing the recovery of an Orion spacecraft, preparing for an expected space mission next year.

NASA and the Navy were conducting tests to prepare for recovery of Orion after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of its first space flight, Exploration Flight Test-1, in September.

The amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha left San Diego to assist NASA with the test recovery of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft.

NASA plans to winch the capsules aboard an Amphibious Transport Dock ship instead of using helicopters to hoist it aboard an aircraft carrier. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

During a few days on the Pacific Ocean's open waters, NASA tested recovery procedures for its Orion capsule, which is meant to someday carry humans to the moon — and even on to Mars. The ...

A NASA sea ship that for 30 years retrieved space shuttle boosters after they splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean now has a new mission to serve the Merchant Marines.On Tuesday (Aug.