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A test version of the Orion spacecraft is pulled back like a pendulum and released, taking a dive into the 20-foot-deep (6.1 meters) Hydro Impact Basin at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. via NASA ift.tt/1Q0SUIG
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Orion Dives Deep for the Sake of Safety was taken on June 08, 2016 at 12:00PM