
NASA’s Orion spacecraft awaits the U.S. Navy’s USS Anchorage for a ride home.

The U.S. Navy’s USS Anchorage moves into place to recover NASA’s Orion spacecraft following its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Recovery team members in a Zodiac boat help guide NASA’s Orion spacecraft into the well deck of the USS Anchorage.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is pulled safely into the well deck of the U.S. Navy’s USS Anchorage.

The Orion crew module is recovered after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles off the coast of San…

A new feature in the evolution of galaxies has been captured in this image of galactic interactions. The two galaxies…

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASA’s Orion spacecraft mounted atop, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air…

This diagram depicts rivers entering a lake. Where the water’s flow decelerates, sediments drop out, and a delta forms, depositing…

Dec. 5, 2014 — In the Mission Directorate Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA and contractor…

Dec. 5, 2014 — At Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, floodlights illuminate the…