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Three days prior to the crew’s splashdown, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman stated that his blood pressure would remain high until the crew returned to Earth.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
In the hours after splashdown, space wonks noticed a large, unusual-looking white patch on the otherwise dark and scorched heat shield.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
After looping around the moon and observing its far side as well as Earth from deep space, the astronauts safely returned to Earth with a successful splashdown.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Reid Wiseman, the mission commander, revealed that he was supposed to leave the plushie toy mascot, known as Rise, behind in the Integrity Orion space capsule following the crew's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday, April 10.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
In the hours after splashdown, space wonks noticed a large, unusual-looking white patch on the otherwise dark and scorched heat shield.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
After looping around the moon and observing its far side as well as Earth from deep space, the astronauts safely returned to Earth with a successful splashdown.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Reid Wiseman, the mission commander, revealed that he was supposed to leave the plushie toy mascot, known as Rise, behind in the Integrity Orion space capsule following the crew's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday, April 10.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashdown
landing
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Conley has not won a championship and said that pursuit could factor into his landing spot as well.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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The strait is a key digital corridor between Asian data hubs such as Singapore and some cable landing stations in Europe, Ahmed said.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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