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Sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 gather to view the return of Artemis II astronauts aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), April 10, 2026. John P. Murtha is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations supporting NASA’s Artemis II mission, retrieving the crew and spacecraft following their return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts on a flight around the moon in the Orion space capsule, marking the first time humans journeyed to deep space in over 50 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Drew Verbis)
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