Lili Villarreal
NASA's landing and recovery director for Artemis II responsible for planning and leading the team that retrieves astronauts and the Orion spacecraft after splashdown.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 25min
Artemis II: How NASA’s Moon Mission Returns to Earth
Lili Villarreal, NASA’s landing and recovery director for Artemis II who leads the team that retrieves astronauts and Orion after splashdown. She walks through reentry and parachute sequences. She explains Navy recovery operations, realistic rehearsals, contingency planning, and the tense final minutes and well deck retrieval.
