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The four astronauts will orbit the Moon on a 10-day voyage and return through a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
The special trajectory allows Orion to target a precise splashdown location.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Navy divers will be the first to approach the capsule, and NASA aims to have the crew transferred to the ship's medical bay within approximately two hours of splashdown.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
SpaceX guided the splashdown of its Dragon spacecraft.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
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Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
The special trajectory allows Orion to target a precise splashdown location.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Navy divers will be the first to approach the capsule, and NASA aims to have the crew transferred to the ship's medical bay within approximately two hours of splashdown.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
SpaceX guided the splashdown of its Dragon spacecraft.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashdown
landing
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Travel chaos and safety alerts issued Following the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed a full ground stop at LaGuardia, preventing all aircraft from taking off or landing.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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They were then taken by boat to a landing zone and taken by AirEvac for further medical care.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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