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Sonic Boom Possible Across Southern California As NASA's Artemis II Returns Friday img:is([sizes="auto" i], [sizes^="auto," i]) { contain-intrinsic-size: 3000px 1500px } Sonic Boom Possible Across Southern California As NASA's Artemis

Sonic Boom Possible Across Southern California As NASA's Artemis II Returns Friday img:is([sizes="auto" i], [sizes^="auto," i]) { contain-intrinsic-size: 3000px 1500px } Sonic Boom Possible Across Southern California As NASA's Artemis
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Source: KHTS Hometown Station
Date: 04/10/2026 12:36pm

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**Sonic Boom Possible in Southern California as NASA’s Artemis II Returns to Earth Friday**
Southern Californians may hear or feel a sonic boom Friday evening as NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft reenters the atmosphere before splashing down in the Pacific near San Diego between 5:07 and 5:15 p.m. The Orion capsule, carrying four astronauts, will undergo extreme speeds and temperatures before parachuting into the ocean for recovery by the USS John P. Murtha. Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed lunar mission since 1972 and a key step in returning astronauts to the moon.

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