NASA Prepares To Test Orion Mockup at Sea

NASA will soon begin conducting seaworthiness tests of a full-size mockup of the Orion capsule in the Atlantic Ocean to give engineers a feel for recovering the spacecraft and the kind of conditions the crew can expect. The mockup can simulate normal splashdown conditions as well as what could...

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