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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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First stage booster to attempt drone ship landing After the upper stage separates from the booster, Blue Origin will once again attempt to land the booster on a drone ship, named Jacklyn, several hundred miles offshore in the Atlantic.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Any kick that is caught or lands in the landing zone must be returned, while any kick that falls short of the landing zone will be ruled a touchback and spotted at the returning team’s 40-yard line.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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