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Day 3 on the USS Anchorage for the Recovery of Orion
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On the third day of preparations for recovery of Orion after its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, the well deck of the USS Anchorage has been filled with water and recovery hardware is in place. The ship is about 600 miles off the coast of Baja, California. NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel are preparing for recovery of the crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from space and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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Credit lineDay 3 on the USS Anchorage for the Recovery of Orion. NASA/KSC, 2014-12-03. Public domain. ID: KSC-314D-0539_0007.
