NASA hopes to use the Orion Spaceship to travel to the moon and someday to nearby asteroids. Last week the craft did a test orbit twice around the planet and then splashed into the Pacific Ocean where the USS Anchorage was waiting.
Dakota Wesleyan University graduate Genevieve Clark is Command Chaplain on the Anchorage. She witnessed the retrieval effort of and provided an interview and these photos taken by Navy personnel.
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All photos thanks to: USS Anchorage Public Affairs Mass Communications Specialist Chief Petty Officer Elana Pence, U.S. Navy