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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.
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Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
After looping around the Moon and observing its far side as well as Earth from deep space, the astronauts safely returned with a successful splashdown, marking a major milestone toward future lunar landing missions.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 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
Eventually, nearly an hour and a half after splashdown, the team helped the astronauts out of the toasty Orion capsule, to the cheers of dozens of flight controllers in Mission Control.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
After looping around the Moon and observing its far side as well as Earth from deep space, the astronauts safely returned with a successful splashdown, marking a major milestone toward future lunar landing missions.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 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
Eventually, nearly an hour and a half after splashdown, the team helped the astronauts out of the toasty Orion capsule, to the cheers of dozens of flight controllers in Mission Control.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashdown
landing
Noun
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There’s no better landing spot for a young quarterback.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The ship named Just Read the Instructions brought back to Port Canaveral one final booster after 156 landings.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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