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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Previous flights have seen successful splashdowns of Ship at sea, as well as picture-perfect returns of Super Heavy boosters back to the Starbase pad.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship, with splashdown targeted in the Indian Ocean.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
An infrared view of the Crew Dragon's descent to an on-target splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola, Florida.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
Most recently, Flight 6 on November 19 demonstrated the ship's ability to reignite its Raptor engines in space for the first time and again concluded with a bullseye splashdown.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship, with splashdown targeted in the Indian Ocean.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
An infrared view of the Crew Dragon's descent to an on-target splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola, Florida.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
Most recently, Flight 6 on November 19 demonstrated the ship's ability to reignite its Raptor engines in space for the first time and again concluded with a bullseye splashdown.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splashdown. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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splashdown
noun
splash·down
ˈsplash-ˌdau̇n
: the landing of a spacecraft in the ocean
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