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Artemis II Recovery Operations

The Artemis II Orion crew module after being offloaded from the well deck of USS John P. Murtha at Naval Base San Diego and lifted from the Orion Recovery Cradle Assembly on April 18, 2026. The gray area, as seen on the edge where the spacecraft’s heat shield and the backshell meet, is from recovery operations.

Date
2026-04-18
Photographer / author
NASA/Kevin Davis
Collection
KSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Artemis II Recovery Operations" (2026-04-18). NASA/KSC/NASA/Kevin Davis. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260418-KED03-0002

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