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People around the world will have their eyes on San Diego today when the Orion capsule carrying NASA’s Artemis II crew re-enters the atmosphere, returning to Earth from its historic 10- day trip around the moon.
Here’s what to expect and how you can watch live.
Time
- The capsule is expected to re-enter at 4:54 p.m. when it is about 400,000 feet above Earth’s surface, and will parachute into the ocean 50 to 60 miles west of San Diego at 5:07 p.m.
Sonic boom
- NASA says that people along the coast of San Diego County Friday afternoon.
- The boom could be loud enough to shake windows in some areas.
Weather
- Skies will be
- Weather will make it unlikely that people will catch a glimpse of the capsule and its 11 parachutes.
After splashdown
- The four astronauts — Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, NASA mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — will be guided out of the capsule by a recovery team from the warship USS John P. Murtha.
- USS Murtha will be stationed a short distance away, preparing to transport the crew by helicopter to Naval Air Station North Island.
- The Artemis II crew will then be flown to Houston by jet.
How to stream live
- You can watch Artemis II’s return to earth starting at 3:30 p.m.
- NASA will have a , including on its social media accounts.
- Netflix, Peacock, Amazon Prime, HBO Max and other streaming services will have live coverage.
