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    Artemis II splashdown in San Diego: How to stream, weather, watch parties and more
    • April 10, 2026

    People around the world will have their eyes on San Diego County 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 might hear a sonic boom Friday afternoon.
    • The boom could be loud enough to shake windows in some areas.

    Weather

    • Skies will be partly cloudy.
    • 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 San Diego-based 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.

    Watch parties

    • Watch history live at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. A live splashdown event is scheduled today from 3 to 5:30 p.m., separate tickets are required.  For more information on the events, visit fleetscience.org/experiences/artemis-week.
    • At the San Diego Air & Space Museum, an Artemis II splashdown pajama viewing party is scheduled for today starting at 4 p.m. There will be family-friendly activities, including rocket launches, parachute and landing challenges, chocolate heat shielding experiments and robotics and engineering buildouts. 2001 Pan American Plaza, San Diego. 619-234-8291, sandiegoairandspace.org 

    How to stream live

    • You can watch Artemis II’s return to earth starting at 3:30 p.m.
    • NASA will have a livestream, including on its social media accounts.
    • Netflix, Peacock, Prime, Amazon Prime, HBO Max and other streaming services will have live coverage.

    Ahead of Artemis II’s finale here Friday, here are 7 San Diego County NASA connections to know

     

     

     

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