View Larger Image Orion Splash Down and Recovery Operations By Overlook Horizon|2024-04-03T12:09:19-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: Artemis, Artemis I resource reel, deep space, Melissa Jones, moon, NASA Recovery Director, NASA Recovery Team, navy, Orion, recovery, splashdown| A member of the 45th Weather Squadron out of Patrick Space Force Base releases a weather balloon from the deck of USS Portland prior to splashdown of the NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission on Dec. 11, 2022.