Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ... would soon end the 25-day Artemis I mission around and ...

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft has made it back to terra firma. Orion reached Naval Base San Diego on Tuesday (Dec. 13) aboard the USS Portland, the U.S. Navy recovery ship that fished the ...

NASA's Artemis 1 lunar mission ended today in a ... after which it was recovered by the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland. Lifting off from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...

ending the 25.5-day Artemis 1 uncrewed test flight. The splashdown took place near recovery forces led by the USS Portland, which will haul the capsule onto the ship to transport back to the port ...

The Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is scheduled to ... The recovery team, on the U.S. Navy ship USS Portland, will arrive at the splashdown location at least 24 hours in advance to collect weather ...

The Artemis 1 mission will soon come to a close ... and towing it aboard the Navy's amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland with a winch. The USS Portland will then bring Orion into port ...

Today, the space agency planted a new, if symbolic flag, when the Artemis 1 mission’s Orion ... The Navy’s USS Portland was in the splashdown site—just 8 km (5 mi.) away; after the capsule ...

NASA's Artemis 1 moonship returned to Earth Sunday ... tow it into the flooded well deck of the USS Portland, an amphibious dock ship. After the sea water is pumped out, Orion will settle onto ...

USS Portland (LPD 27 ... name to space exploration. The Portland is the ship tasked with retrieving the Orion spaceship that flew for almost a month and 1.4 million miles (2.25 million km ...

The USS Portland and USS Montgomery will be working together to help NASA retrieve the Artemis I Orion Capsule from the Pacific Ocean. “Once it hits the water, we’re going to remove the flight ...