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• The Artemis II crew is set to splash down near San Diego on April 10 after a 10-day mission

• Weather conditions — including wave heights, wind speeds and precipitation — must be ideal for the spacecraft’s safe return to Earth

• Some forecasters say a system could bring rain showers to the splashdown area, but others believe conditions could be favorable

Artemis II is returning from the moon, but could weather on Earth get in the way?

The Orion spacecraft is set for splashdown off the coast of southern California on Friday, April 10, following a 10-day mission, according to ABC affiliate KTRK-TV and The Ventura County Star.

Conditions must be right for splashdown to occur, including wave heights of less than six feet and winds under 25 knots (28.7 mph). Additionally, there must be no rain or thunderstorms within 30 nautical miles (34.5 miles) of the recovery site.

But according to FOX Weather, a system could bring rain showers to the area before the Artemis II crew is set to splash down near San Diego at 5:07 p.m. PT.

Should those showers overlap with the Artemis II crew’s return to Earth, the Orion spacecraft may have to land somewhere else.

However, other forecasters seem optimistic. AccuWeather recently reported that “conditions in the splashdown zone are expected to be favorable.”

AccuWeather also noted that not only can the location of the splashdown site change, but so can the timing.

KTRK-TV has also reported that conditions will seemingly be favorable, despite the threat of showers.

The Artemis I mission faced its own weather issue with splashdown in 2022.

According to FOX Weather, the splashdown location was moved south to a site near Guadalupe Island off the west coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula after a cold front delivered rain to the original recovery zone.

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It has been an eventful mission for the Artemis II crew, from toilet troubles shortly after launch to record-breaking feats as they reached the moon.

The four astronauts taking part in Artemis II include commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

Glover is the first Black astronaut to go around the moon, while Koch is the first woman to do so.

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