Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director for Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, speaks to NASA and U.S. military recovery team members onboard USS John P. Murtha as they prepare for the return of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. The quartet splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director, is seen alongside other NASA and U.S. military recovery team members as they work inside the Landing Force Operations Center onboard USS John P. Murtha monitoring the recovery of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA and U.S. military teams worked to bring the crewmembers and Orion spacecraft aboard USS John P. Murtha. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director for Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, speaks to NASA and U.S. military recovery team members onboard USS John P. Murtha as they prepare for the return of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. The quartet splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director for Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, left, and Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, right, are seen as they walk around the agency’s Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Naval Base San Diego in California. NASA’s Artemis II mission, which took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT) on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director for Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, right, speaks with Janet Petro, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, left, and Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, center, as they look at the agency’s Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Naval Base San Diego in California. NASA’s Artemis II mission, which took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT) on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director for Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, left, and Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, right, are seen as they walk around the agency’s Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Naval Base San Diego in California. NASA’s Artemis II mission, which took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT) on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director for Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, poses for a portrait onboard USS John P. Murtha, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The crew of USS John P. Murtha takes a group picture with Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Janet Petro, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and Lilian Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director for Exploration Ground Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the well deck of John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Naval Base San Diego after supporting recovery operations for NASA’s Artemis II mission. The agency’s Artemis II mission, which took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT) on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)