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Artemis II Reentry: Will a Sonic Boom Be Heard?
NASA says the Orion capsule may produce a sonic boom strong enough to shake windows as it returns from lunar orbit.
- On Friday, the Orion spacecraft carrying the Artemis II crew—astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—will re-enter Earth's atmosphere, potentially creating a sonic boom audible near San Diego.
- The craft will hurtle toward the planet at speeds approaching 25,000 miles per hour, generating extreme heat and pressure that creates a narrow "boom carpet" beneath the space vessel's trajectory, NASA says.
- Recovery teams aboard the USS John P. Murtha are positioned to retrieve the astronauts off the coast, with plans to transport them to Naval Air Station North Island before flying to Houston.
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Johns Hopkins University researchers will deploy monitoring equipment to study how the acoustic shock propagates into the ocean and seabed, potentially outward for hundreds of kilometers.
- NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya acknowledged anxiety over Friday's return, stating the crew's "expressions of love and devotion to family" have warmed hearts worldwide and exemplified why humanity pursues these missions.
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Did you feel it? As Artemis II nears reentry, scientists want to know how far the sonic boom travels
Southern Californians might hear a sonic boom as NASA's Artemis II moon mission reenters the atmosphere off the coast of San Diego Friday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Los Angeles (USA), 10 Apr (EFE).- The United States Geological Service (USGS) reported this Friday that, potentially, a sonic stampede could be felt and heard throughout Southern California on Friday afternoon when the Orion of Artemis II performs its scheduled landing off the coast of San Diego. Astronauts’ landing, which is scheduled to occur between 17:00 and 17:30 this Friday West Time of the U.S. (00:00-00:30 GMT Saturday) in the Pacific Oc…
Artemis II’s fiery return to Earth may cause ‘sonic boom’ so powerful it rattles windows
Artemis II’s journey back to Earth will likely trigger a "sonic boom" so strong that it could end up rattling windows in parts of southern California, according to officials.
Artemis II reentry: Will a sonic boom be heard?
NASA's Artemis II mission is expected to conclude on Friday evening with the Orion spacecraft splashing down off San Diego's coast, and while a sonic boom is possible, it is not guaranteed due to several factors including altitude, flightpath, and weather conditions.
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