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Local Navy Diver Will Help Artemis II Crew After Splashdown
The four-person Navy dive medical team will open Orion, conduct initial assessments and help return the crew to the USS John P. Murtha.
- On Friday, April 10, 2026, the Artemis II crew will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, with Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge scheduled to be the first to open the Orion capsule for initial contact.
- The Artemis II mission marks the first human journey to deep space in more than 50 years, concluding a 10-day trip around the Moon that tested critical systems for future space exploration.
- Alongside Aldridge, the four-person Navy dive medical team includes Lt. Jesse Wang, Chief Hospital Corpsman Vlad Link, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala, trained to perform medical assessments and safely extract the astronauts.
- Following initial triage, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 will airlift the astronauts to the USS John P. Murtha, where they will undergo further medical evaluations before traveling to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- Aldridge called the mission "the culmination of both our training" and years of Navy Diving and Navy medicine, reflecting the team's pride in supporting the historic Artemis II recovery operation.
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Los Angeles (USA), 10 Apr (EFE).- The crew of the Orion ship will be received by a specialized group of the United States Navy, which has prepared to carry out the medical assessments of the four astronauts that will amerize this Friday off the southern coast of California. Lieutenant Commander Jesse Wang, Chief Medical Officer Laddy Aldridge, medical non-commissioned officers Vlad Link and Steve Kapala make up the team in charge of receiving th…
After completing their mission around the Moon, Artemis II astronauts will not be received by cameras or authorities, but by a U.S. Navy medical team trained to be the first human contact after their return to Earth.
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