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splashdown
[ splash-doun ]
noun
- the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean:
The footage of Apollo 11's splashdown was seen by millions across the United States.
- the exact place where such a landing is made:
The splashdown is expected to be American Samoa.
- the time of such a landing:
The splashdown was 2:04 p.m.
verb phrase
- (of a spacecraft or an astronaut) to land in a body of water, especially the ocean:
The crew of Expedition 55 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean exactly as predicted at 10:43 this morning.
splashdown
/ ˈsplæʃˌdaʊn /
noun
- the controlled landing of a spacecraft on water at the end of a space flight
- the time scheduled for this event
verb
- intr, adverb (of a spacecraft) to make a splashdown
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It also includes the procedure for retrieving the capsule and its crew and cargo after splashdown.
As with a handful of previous missions that have experimented with first-stage reuse, the Electron booster made a controlled splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
The company has been implementing a new atmospheric reentry and ocean splashdown process that uses a parachute to slow the booster’s descent, but the ultimate goal is to catch it in the air using a helicopter.
SpaceX said that the flight “will be carefully monitored at every step by SpaceX mission control” and will end in a splashdown off the Florida coast.
Marci jumped a foot out of the water, and her splashdown sent watery ripples rebounding off the cavern walls.
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