NASA, Navy Train for 2018 Recovery of Orion Spacecraft

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct 28, 2016) U.S. Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 and Mobile Dive and Salvage Company 3-1 prepare to tow a test capsule known as boilerplate-testing article, belonging to NASA’s Orion program, to the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) in the Pacific Ocean. The ship is conducting recovery operations with NASA’s Orion program; they are testing a new towing technique utilizing NASA and Naval technology with the goal of reducing manning and increas