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Melissa Jones, Landing and Recovery director with NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program (GSDO) speaks to the recovery team during wrap up of Underway Recovery Test 5 aboard the USS San Diego. GSDO and the U.S. Navy practiced recovery techniques using the well deck of the ship and a test version of the Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California to prepare for recovery of Orion on its return from deep space missions. The testing allowed the team to demonstrate and evaluate recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and NASA's Journey to Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion is scheduled to launch on NASA's Space Launch System in late 2018