At the time it was reported, NASA’s recovery team stated that the Orion was in ‘great shape upon splashdown after a textbook re-entry’ and Navy helicopters saw no damage. However ...

Orion and the crew will enter Earth’s atmosphere ... with parachutes slowing its descent ahead of splashdown. The crew will then be taken from the capsule before undergoing health checks ...

The splashdown comes four days after the Fram2 crew were propelled to orbit on the Dragon with assistance from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which blasted off at 9:46 p.m. EDT Monday from NASA's ...

The company's four-person Fram2 mission came to a successful end on Friday (April 4) with the splashdown of the Crew Dragon capsule "Resilience" off the coast of Southern California. That was a ...

These drills include simulating real-life splashdown conditions, both day and night, and using inflatable rafts to assist in extracting the astronauts from the Orion capsule. The splashdown is ...

The astronauts did two full daytime iterations in the mock Orion craft through a simulated splashdown – countdown and all – and then recovery off Orion, onto the helicopters and then back onto ...

The splashdown comes four days after the Fram2 crew were propelled to orbit on the Dragon with assistance from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which blasted off at 9:46 p.m. EDT Monday from NASA's ...