splashdown
noun
splash·down
ˈsplash-ˌdau̇n 
plural splashdowns
: the landing of a crewed spacecraft in the ocean
splash down
intransitive verb
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The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship, with splashdown targeted in the Indian Ocean.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Where to livestream splashdown The astronauts are on about a 17-hour voyage back to Earth, where they are expected to make a water landing at about 4:57 p.m. CT off the Florida coast, according to NASA.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
On its fifth flight in November 2023, Starship managed to make a pinpoint splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 June 2025
The upper stage in 2024 made some promising trips more than halfway around the world with splashdown landings in the Indian Ocean off the western coast of Australia.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Where to livestream splashdown The astronauts are on about a 17-hour voyage back to Earth, where they are expected to make a water landing at about 4:57 p.m. CT off the Florida coast, according to NASA.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
On its fifth flight in November 2023, Starship managed to make a pinpoint splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 June 2025
The upper stage in 2024 made some promising trips more than halfway around the world with splashdown landings in the Indian Ocean off the western coast of Australia.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splashdown. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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splashdown
noun
splash·down
ˈsplash-ˌdau̇n
: the landing of a spacecraft in the ocean
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