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Recent Examples of splashdownMusk was talking specifically about Ship's performance on that suborbital jaunt, which ended with the upper stage's soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Western Australia.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2026 SpaceX was more than lucky last Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of the Indian Ocean.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
31 July 2026 Previous flights ended with the spacecraft engulfed in flames and exploding at splashdown — or rupturing in midair.—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
25 July 2026 Previous flights ended with the spacecraft engulfed in flames and exploding at splashdown -- or rupturing in midair.—Arkansas Online,
24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for splashdown
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landing
Noun
After completing its hypersonic flight, the vehicle comes back for a runway landing in California, generally at Vandenberg Space Force Base, on the state's scenic central coast.
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Mike Wall,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2026
Many expeditions include guided shore landings, and visitors receive mandatory briefings before going ashore, according to the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators.
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Ashley Lynch
July 31,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2026