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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10799969" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/nasa081211/s_n08_7119main.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Testing continues on the next generation of manned  spacecraft. This is the third water landing test of the Orion  multi-purpose crew vehicle (MPCV), conducted at the Hydro Impact Basin  located at NASA Langley Research Center in August of 2011. This scenario  represented the worst-case scenario for landing. The prediction had a  50% chance of the test article becoming inverted. The Orion Project Team  collects valuable data regarding Crew Module stability. </blockquote>

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