Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, are preparing for a series of water-impact tests to evaluate the Orion spacecraft and crew safety when they return from deep-space missions and touch down on Earth’s surface. Pictured here, NASA engineers install a male and female test dummy into a water landing #Orion test article. Test dummies are used to collect data on the impact astronauts could experience when splashing down in the Pacific Ocean during a NASA space mission. Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman #NASA #Orion #SLS #journeytoMars #technology #testing #humanspaceflight #Langley #Virginia NASA_Langley