Story by Lt.j.g. Fiona Kurland | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 03.31.2025
At a moment’s notice, aeronautical capsules carrying astronauts streak through Earth’s atmosphere, landing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. When a space module carrying astronauts splashes down, a joint recovery team from the Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA springs into action. The two organizations have collaborated on multiple missions throughout the years, prioritizing speed......
Courtesy Story | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 03.31.2025
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the third recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) off the coast of San Diego, March 31....
Courtesy Story | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 02.28.2024
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the second recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 28....
Story by Aleah M Castrejon and Jeremy R Dunn | Air Force Research Laboratory | 05.30.2023
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA worked together over the last two weeks of April 2023 along with other industry partners, such as Lockheed Martin, to test the most current iteration of an astronaut crew seat and flight suit that will be used in the Orion spacecraft during future missions to space....
Story by BUMED PAO | U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery | 03.08.2023
A Navy program connecting Sailors and Marines who were involved in or close to a non-combat incident, accident, or suicide, with mental health assistance, has reached more than 2,200 sailors since it’s inception....
Courtesy Story | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 12.12.2022
Amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) retrieved the Artemis I Orion spacecraft in coordination with multiple organizations including NASA, U.S. Space Command, fellow U.S. Navy ship Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC 23), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 1, Dec. 11....
Story by Connie Braesch | Defense Logistics Agency | 12.09.2022
After its historic 25-day, 1.4-million-mile journey that ventured beyond the Moon, NASA’s Orion returned to Earth on Dec. 11. To power its journey, DLA Energy supplied the uncrewed Orion capsule with 438 pounds of high purity hydrazine, 6,245 pounds of Monomethyl Hydrazine and 10,670 pounds of Nitrogen Tetroxide Mon-3 grade propellants....
Story by Mark Schauer | U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground | 12.06.2022
The much-anticipated landing of NASA’s Orion space capsule next week highlights U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground’s (YPG) support of the space program since the beginning of the space program. Three major tests in the post’s history were of the lunar rover, GPS, and the Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) of the Orion spacecraft aboard the Artemis, among other technologies....
