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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Flight 11 will target those same two splashdown zones, and Ship will aim to deploy another eight mock Starlinks, SpaceX wrote in Monday's update.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The removal craft then guides the space junk through reentry and the ultimate splashdown of whatever survives reentry into the middle of the ocean.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
SpaceX's Cargo Dragon is derived from the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, with a heat shield and propellant reserves to bring the capsule and its cargo back from the ISS for a splashdown at sea.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The Super Heavy booster performed its own splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The removal craft then guides the space junk through reentry and the ultimate splashdown of whatever survives reentry into the middle of the ocean.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
SpaceX's Cargo Dragon is derived from the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, with a heat shield and propellant reserves to bring the capsule and its cargo back from the ISS for a splashdown at sea.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The Super Heavy booster performed its own splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splashdown. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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splashdown
noun
splash·down
ˈsplash-ˌdau̇n
: the landing of a spacecraft in the ocean
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