NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the third ...

Off the San Diego coast, a team from NASA and the U.S. Navy are conducting critical astronaut recovery drills in preparation ...

When NASA’s Orion spacecraft shoots back into Earth’s atmosphere, after a visit around the moon next year, one of the Navy’s ...

NASA, the U.S. Navy and others put the Orion capsule to the test, simulating a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean as they gear ...

During URT 12, DOD and NASA demonstrated and evaluated the processes, procedures and equipment for the recovery operations, ...

Andre Douglas didn’t get picked to go to the moon, but he’ll still get a moment that’s out of this world. Next year, Douglas ...

NASA and the Department of Defense are once again leaning on the U.S. Navy and San Diego to assist with a historic mission to ...

Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen is to practice living and working on the Moon along with six astronauts from the European ...

The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...

DoD and NASA completed Underway Recovery Test 12 for the Artemis II moon mission, focusing on astronaut recovery procedures.

During the Apollo missions, helicopters were used to pick up both capsules and astronauts and place them on ships. The Artemis II capsule instead will be towed by small boats through the sea and ...

The Underway Recovery Test 12 was in preparation for the Artemis II mission, which is expected to launch in April 2026. Four astronauts will be inside the capsule for ten days as it makes its way ...