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The change for this mission resulted in a splashdown well off the coast of Brazil, ruling out any attempt to recover Phoenix after splashdown.
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Abigail Bassett, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
The splashdown came after Wilmore and Williams boarded the Dragon Freedom with the Crew-9 team to undock after 1 a.m. EDT Tuesday from the ISS Harmony module, a port and passageway onto the station.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The late change to the mission's trajectory meant Atmos could not recover the spacecraft after splashdown.
—Abigail Bassett, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
His May 5, 1961 Mercury-Redstone 3 launch aboard the Freedom 7 capsule ended in a splashdown in The Bahamas, from where Bowe's family originates.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Abigail Bassett, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
The splashdown came after Wilmore and Williams boarded the Dragon Freedom with the Crew-9 team to undock after 1 a.m. EDT Tuesday from the ISS Harmony module, a port and passageway onto the station.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
The late change to the mission's trajectory meant Atmos could not recover the spacecraft after splashdown.
—Abigail Bassett, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
His May 5, 1961 Mercury-Redstone 3 launch aboard the Freedom 7 capsule ended in a splashdown in The Bahamas, from where Bowe's family originates.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashdown
landing
Noun
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While investors hope for a soft landing in the U.S. economy, how severe could the situation become in the event of another recession?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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This included a baseball landing on his forehead in grade school, his sister's horse kicking him in the gut, being hit by a car and a large brick chimney nearly falling on him.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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