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The Road to Apollo – Touching Down in the Back River

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Jun 22, 2009
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The Road to Apollo - Touching Down in the Back River
In impact studies conducted in Hampton's Back River by NASA's Langley Research Center, astronauts practiced the dangerous maneuver of exiting a floating space capsule after splashdown.

In impact studies conducted in Hampton’s Back River by NASA’s Langley Research Center, astronauts practiced the dangerous maneuver of exiting a floating space capsule after splashdown.Image Credit: NASA