ASLO continues to be a leader in the aquatic sciences and will meet in person in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 04-09 June 2023. The year 2023 will be a year of new missions and explorations for ASLO as we move forward with a new association management company to handle the business side of ASLO. Oceanography played an important part with recovery of the Orion spacecraft after splashdown in the Pacific.