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I haven't seen any of these in the media, so thought I'd post a few pics of the recovery of Orion and berthing on the USS Anchorage following splashdown on Dec 5 after its first flight test. I wasn't there, these came from a colleague at the Cape. You can see one of the uprighting system bags didn't inflate.

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Great photos, Jeff. Thanks for posting them - I had not seen any of these anywhere either.
 
Great pic's Jeff, Have not seen any of these. LOL but the FBC that my daughter worked on was not recovered it sank. To be honest don't think they planned on it being recoverable.
 
I just found these and some more on SpaceFlight Now

Mark, yes Glenn is very involved. We have a few hundred working on it in structures, propulsion, avionics, etc. Plus a lot of environmental testing (mechanical vibration, vibro-acoustic, EMI, and thermal-vac) will be happening at Plum Brook next summer, and our shop is building all of the ground support structure for the service module. The chips should be flying next month.
 
BJohn said:
Great pic's Jeff, Have not seen any of these. LOL but the FBC that my daughter worked on was not recovered it sank. To be honest don't think they planned on it being recoverable.
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They were hoping to recover this one for analysis, but it did sink. Normally, it is not a recoverable item. Ends up on the huge pile of launch vehicle junk at the bottom of the Atlantic. I wonder how many fairings are down there.
 
jeff said:
I just found these and some more on SpaceFlight Now

Mark, yes Glenn is very involved. We have a few hundred working on it in structures, propulsion, avionics, etc. Plus a lot of environmental testing (mechanical vibration, vibro-acoustic, EMI, and thermal-vac) will be happening at Plum Brook next summer, and our shop is building all of the ground support structure for the service module. The chips should be flying next month.
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Oh that's sweet! Well... talk to you in 2025 :eek:
(JUST KIDDING). It's nice to actually have some contact with projects like this!
 
Hey Jeff, curious as to were you work for? My daughter no longer works on the the Orion project she is now a system test engineer on the new Goes series satellite's.
 
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BJohn said:
Hey Jeff, curious as to were you work for? My daughter no longer works on the the Orion project she is now a system test engineer on the new Goes series satellite's.
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John, I work at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
 
Good Deal Jeff.

I think that is my daughters goal is to work for NASA, maybe someday but right now it's Lockheed in Denver. Her husband is and guidance software engineer for Ball Aerospace. So for now I think they are staying put. As long as she keeps hands on and is not stuck behind a desk she say's she is happy.

I guess I can't blame them, it's Colorado (mountains with the skiing and hiking), and I don't think you could put that Lockheed facility in a more beautiful location.
 
I was sleeping on the couch the night I told my ex wife I would sell the house in order to get on a flight to space. She had no sense of humor at all. Or maybe because I was serious? Oh well. I am too old now but these pics and the posted video let me go vicariously anyway.

Thanks
 
Great pics, Jeff!! The US needs to be back into the leading edge of technological advances..and the space program has always helped with that! My wife and I both work for Evinrude Outboards....so, it's great to see our product was helpful in recovering the capsule from this historic event!!
 
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