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Meanings of splashdown in English

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Usage of splashdown in English
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Dragon crew capsules will splashdown in the Atlantic not far from Kennedy.
Radio NZ
2
Uprighting makes sure that the capsule maintains a correct attitude in water, post splashdown.
Wired
3
In contrast, splashdown on Titan sounds quite strange and alien.
Wired
4
Already, his capsule swiveled to aim its tough, ablative backside toward a Caribbean splashdown.
Existence
5
But let's not judge a space voyage by the splashdown.
The Irish Times
6
We talked about flying with vacuum in the flooding chamber for passive water suction, post splashdown.
Wired
7
Endeavour then fired its thrusters to manoeuvre itself into the proper orbit and trajectory for splashdown.
News.com.au
8
A splashdown on Earth sounds familiar, somewhat like a kid doing a cannonball into a pool.
Wired
9
He also engineered one for NASA to test the safety of the Apollo lunar command module splashdown.
Wired
10
First came a small coastal port to berth the tugs which recovered the ironbergs from their mid-ocean splashdown.
The Neutronium Alchemist
11
The entire trip from launch to splashdown was one big survival game and it's no difference from ours.
Wired
12
The US's new commercial astronaut capsule has completed its demonstration flight with a successful splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
Radio NZ
13
Marci jumped a foot out of the water, and her splashdown sent watery ripples rebounding off the cavern walls.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
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It was certainly intelligently planned, and undoubtedly predated the splashdown of the first French ship by a century or more.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
15
The first private space flight to the International Space Station has ended with a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Wired
16
Until a sequel, produced by popular demand, brought them safely back to Earth by means of a splashdown in the Pacific.
The Irish Times
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