splashdown
noun
splash·down
ˈsplash-ˌdau̇n 
plural splashdowns
: the landing of a crewed spacecraft in the ocean
splash down
intransitive verb
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The uncrewed spacecraft was sent on its way to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, while the booster returned to earth less than seven minutes later.
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Like a rock skipping across a pond, the spacecraft dips in and out of Earth’s atmosphere, slowing itself with drag and then rising with lift, until finally descending with parachutes for the splashdown.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Skip entries provide a number of benefits, including a wider range of splashdown targets.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Engineering teams pulled off the historic feat for the world's largest and most powerful rocket while also replicating a splashdown for the Starship itself in the Indian Ocean.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Like a rock skipping across a pond, the spacecraft dips in and out of Earth’s atmosphere, slowing itself with drag and then rising with lift, until finally descending with parachutes for the splashdown.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Skip entries provide a number of benefits, including a wider range of splashdown targets.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Engineering teams pulled off the historic feat for the world's largest and most powerful rocket while also replicating a splashdown for the Starship itself in the Indian Ocean.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splashdown. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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splashdown
noun
splash·down
ˈsplash-ˌdau̇n
: the landing of a spacecraft in the ocean
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