221208-N-TT059-1026 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 8, 2022) Engineman 2nd Class Elijah Lamb tests water in the mission bay of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) while underway in support of the NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft recovery, Dec. 8, 2022. The retrieval operation is part of a Department of Defense effort that integrates combatant command and service capabilities to determine best practices for safely retrieving spacecraft capable of carrying humans into space. Montgomery, homeported in San Diego, has flexible surface warfare capabilities that make it an ideal partn
221208-N-TT059-1026 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 8, 2022) Engineman 2nd Class Elijah Lamb tests water in the mission bay of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) while underway in support of the NASA Artemis I Orion spacecraft recovery, Dec. 8, 2022. The retrieval operation is part of a Department of Defense effort that integrates combatant command and service capabilities to determine best practices for safely retrieving spacecraft capable of carrying humans into space. Montgomery, homeported in San Diego, has flexible surface warfare capabilities that make it an ideal partner to support NASA, including its 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat and large mission bay.
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