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Meet the US Navy divers who welcomed the Artemis 2 astronauts home from the moon

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Steve Kapala, Jesse Wang, Vlad Link and Laddy Aldridge of the U.S. Navy dive medical team pose aboard the USS John P. Murtha ahead of Artemis 2 recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean. (Image credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class August Clawson) Four U.S. Navy divers were the first faces to greet NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts when they splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after their historic journey around the moon this month. The dive medical team — Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge, Chief Hospital Corpsman Vlad Link and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala — became the first people ever to enter NASA's Orion spacecraft at sea to assist a returning lunar crew. Operating from the USS John P. Murtha, the dive team served as the critical first point of contact between spaceflight and recovery.…

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