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On that most recent flight, Super Heavy steered itself to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico as planned.
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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashdown
landing
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On Wednesday, Jerry, coach Brian Schottenheimer and team vice president Stephen Jones addressed the media in their end-of-the-season press conference where the Good, Bad, the Ugly covered every topic save for the moon landing.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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According to Fox 5, citing a flight expert, the unusual incident may not have been the result of a hard landing, but a possible malfunction in the aircraft’s automatic braking system.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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