How to Use splashdown in a Sentence

splashdown

noun
  • The Bill Penney Concourse at seating bowl will be open for fans to watch the splashdown on the videoboard.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, 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 | Lroop@al.com, 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 | Lroop@al.com, 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
  • The Hornet is now part of a museum in Alameda, California, with a splashdown party planned aboard the ship on Saturday.
    Marcia Dunn, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024

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