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during orion's flight test the

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spacecraft will travel 3 600 miles into

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space return to earth at speeds of up to

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20 000 miles per hour and endure

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temperatures near 4000 degrees

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fahrenheit before splashing down in the

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pacific ocean

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for the team task with recovering a riot

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after splashdown this is when the work

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will begin

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nasa's ground systems development and

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operations program

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orion prime contractor lockheed martin

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and the u.s navy have worked hard to

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prepare practicing recovery operations

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during the past year to establish

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techniques they will use to recover

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orion the parachutes and the forward bay

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cover from the water

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we're working with the navy to figure

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out a way to use these weldex ships that

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they have

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to get the capsule back in the well deck

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and allow the crew to get out basically

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on dry land in a sense and so all this

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testing is about how to make that work

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before orion launches on its flight test

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from the east coast the recovery team on

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the west coast will embark aboard the

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u.s navy's amphibious ship the uss

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anchorage and head out to sea

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all the necessary hardware and equipment

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will be carried below in the ship's well

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deck

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it also is where orion will be secured

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after the team recovers it

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while the team waits for orion to take

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flight they will launch weather balloons

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from the deck of the ship and monitor

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sea conditions

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meanwhile about an hour before

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splashtown the helicopters will take off

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for the ship's deck and fly out to help

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locate orion as it makes its descent

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toward the ocean

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the helicopters also will help the team

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track orion's protective forward bay

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cover and parachutes for the recovery

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teams in rigid hull inflatable boats

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will find and secure the hardware with

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floats until they're able to safely

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recover it

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minutes after orion splashes down the

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crew module uprighting system will

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inflate to help stabilize the spacecraft

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in case it doesn't land heat shield

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first into the water

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u.s navy divers in zodiac boats will

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check for any hazards around orion

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then they'll attach a sea anchor load

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distributing horse collar and tether

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lines to the crew module and work to

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guide it to the ship's well deck so it's

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our way of recovering the orion crew

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module and we do it in a way that we

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protect the heat shield so that we can

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get as much good information

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as we can so for the engineering

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analysis that we'll do moving forward

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the spacecraft will be set down on

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rubber shock absorbers secured to the

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deck and the ship will head toward calm

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waters the crew module will then be put

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into its recovery cradle and readied for

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offloading

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the ship will then begin the journey

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back to naval base san diego the team

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also is prepared to use an alternative

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method of recovery in case orion can't

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be recovered using the ship's well deck

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at sea a sling will be placed around

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orion and the stationary crane on the

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usns salvor a salvage ship will be used

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to lift the crew module up and onto the

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deck will be secured it will remain

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there for its trip back to port

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in case of very turbulent sea conditions

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the usns salvor could tow orion along

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until commercies are reached and it can

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be recovered

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when orion splashes down in the pacific

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ocean the u.s navy ship and recovery