When NASAβs Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific returning to Earth from their flight around the moon, U.S. Navy sailors were ready to welcome them home.
Petty Officer 1st Class Laurel Lujano, a Wichita-native, was among the sailors who supported the recovery of the crew and the Orion space capsule.
Lujano, a 2012 graduate of Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, which airlifted the Artemis II crew back to USS John P. Murtha for further evaluations and then back to land…