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Robert Pearlman
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posted 12-10-2022 11:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A four-person team of engineers from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will be on board the U.S. Navy's USS Portland Artemis I recovery ship with the software tool created specifically for Orion.
"Sasquatch is the software NASA uses to predict large footprints — that's why we call it Sasquatch — of the various debris that is released from the capsule as it is reentering and coming through descent," said Sarah Manning, a Sasquatch operator and aerospace engineer from the Engineering Directorate at Johnson.

The hardware jettisoned, or released, during parachute deployment includes drogue and pilot parachutes that help initially slow and stabilize Orion, along with other elements necessary for the parachute sequence to deploy. The primary objective for the Sasquatch team is to help get the ship as close as possible to recover Orion quickly. A secondary objective is to recover as much hardware as possible.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 12-23-2023 01:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Kennedy Space Center Exchange Store recently began selling two patches representing the center's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Landing and Recovery Team. Both patches depict NASA's Artemis Orion spacecraft.

Two other patches were designed, produced and sold by Jim Schultz ("Three Inches Under" on eBay) based on t-shirt designs that were worn by members of the Artemis recovery dive team. The patches were then subsequently bought by the team.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 02-29-2024 12:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Seen online a patch representing the Navy Aircrewmen from a NASA recovery team member who recently helped track the Crew Module Training Article in an activity with the Artemis II crew.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-29-2024 09:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Another recovery team patch, this one for the Kennedy Space Center Flight Operations Air Support team (source):

And a matching "Remove Before Flight" key chain to a patch shown earlier:

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-29-2024 06:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Kennedy Space Center Exchange Store is now selling a patch for NASA's recovery team aboard the USS San Diego.

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