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By Jamie Condliffe Published August 5, 2014, 4:15 am ET

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This is the the U.S.S. Anchorage devouring the Orion spacecraft. Actually, this was taken on a test mission on August 2nd, where NASA and the U.S. Navy practiced different techniques for recovering the craft after its upcoming mission this December. [NASA]

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