How to Use splashdown in a Sentence

splashdown

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• The Bill Penney Concourse at seating bowl will be open for fans to watch the splashdown on the videoboard.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 6 Dec. 2022
• The Artemis mission kicked off in late 2022 with the launch and splashdown of an empty capsule.
  — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
• The drop extends below the ground level of the park for a trademark splashdown.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 May 2018
• Rather, any trip to space ended with an ocean splashdown.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2017
• In what ocean did the Orion spacecraft splashdown this week?
  — CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
• Earlier in the week, high wind and waves in the splashdown zones kept them at the station a few extra days.
  — Marcia Dunn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
• For the first time, the booster made a successful splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 6 June 2024
• Like Apollo 17 splashdown 50 years ago, Orion slated to do the same off the coast of Baja in just a few hours.
  — ABC News, 11 Dec. 2022
• The feat marks the first successful splashdown out of four total launches to date.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024
• The final element of the ride is a splashdown through a giant wave of water.
  — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
• This first test flight is expected to last four to six weeks and will end with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
  — Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
• The Crew Dragon then descended to a gentle splashdown in calm winds and mild seas.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
• This mission would also last 42 days and end with a splashdown in the Pacific on Oct. 17.
  — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 21 July 2022
• The successful splashdown marks the end of a historic mission nearly a decade in the making.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2020
• The current preferred splashdown zone is just south of Panama City.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 31 July 2020
• At splashdown, Bowen, the only space veteran on the crew, will have logged 227 days in space across four missions.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Orion will then slow to about 20 mph just before splashdown.
  — Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
• Parachutes are designed to slow the capsule for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
  — Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• The new splashdown point, nearer Hawaii, will reduce the time required by the Hornet to reach Pearl Harbor.
  — Houston Chronicle, 21 July 2019
• The Orion splashdown occurred 50 years to the day after the Apollo 17 moon landing.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
• It’s known for its dramatic drop of about 60 feet and the ensuing splashdown.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2021
• After circling the moon, Orion will return to Earth for a splashdown that tests its new heat shield.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 23 Aug. 2022
• The plan is for the Dragon to undock from the space station on Saturday, a day before splashdown.
  — Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2020
• During the Crew-2 splashdown Monday, one of the four parachutes took a bit longer than the others to fully inflate.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
• After coasting back to Earth for about four days, Orion will bring the crew home for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
  — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
• The final splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean came shortly after at 12:17 a.m.
  — Jamie Groh, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• In 1961, the U.S. conducted the first crewed splashdowns in history.
  — Discover Magazine, 1 July 2024
• After that orbit, Orion will head back to Earth and a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 22 Nov. 2022
• Thomas' first home run, in the fourth inning, went over the seats and bar in right center field and at least close to a splashdown in the Allegheny River.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2022
• Another scrub caused by an unfavorable weather outlook for splashdown soon followed.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024