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splashdown

[ UK /splˈæʃda‍ʊn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight

How To Use splashdown In A Sentence

  • The exact timing of the splashdown was yet unclear and depended on the state of the sun.
  • The only genuine parts of the whole televised event were the blast-off and splashdown.
  • First of all, can you tell us a little bit about the process and the sequence of events leading to the actual splashdown?
  • Sadly, only two of the six passengers survived the splashdown.
  • The aircraft then glided to a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.
  • An eastern site was preferred for Apollo 11, which would leave a western site for backup, but too far east would require a night splashdown on the return to Earth.
  • NASA is anticipating a splashdown rather than a landing. Falling Satellite: NASA Tries To Predict Where And When It Will Hit Earth (VIDEO)
  • It records 2 frames a second from launch pad to splashdown, and it completely replaces existing technology.
  • This is the final splashdown for students who have spent months designing, building and testing remote-controlled devices that operate underwater. Underwater Robots Compete in NASA Astronaut Training Tank
  • After much planning, the Russian space agency decided to send Mir through Earth's atmosphere, breaking it apart into small pieces before its final splashdown in the South Pacific.
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