U.S. Navy divers prepare to launch off the well deck ramp of amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) before recovering the Orion space craft on 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 space craft 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 craft, marking the first time humans journeyed to deep space in over 50 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class August Clawson)
U.S. Navy divers launch from the well deck ramp of amphibious transport dock shipUSS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) before recovering the Orion space craft on April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class August Clawson)
U.S. Navy Divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1 and Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) drive rigid-hull inflatable boats in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elyssia Rodriguez)
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, left, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen celebrate in an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, aboard amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) following extraction from the Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elyssia Rodriguez)
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, left, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen celebrate in an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, aboard amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) following extraction from the Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Melseth)
NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Victor J. Glover, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch greet NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on the flight deck aboard amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) following extraction from the Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Melseth)
NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Victor J. Glover, center, raises his fist in celebration on the flight deck aboard amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) following extraction from the Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Melseth)