How to Use splashdown in a Sentence

splashdown

noun
  • Here’s what to know about the splashdown.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Its reentry and splashdown will not be livestreamed.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Then came the splashdown, and the room broke out into applause.
    — Erin Jones, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • They are made up of a top plate and a heat shield, which is jettisoned before splashdown.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
  • You are hailed after your splashdown; you are forgotten the next year.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Drones and buoy cameras recorded live views of the on-target splashdown.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
  • So splashdown is everything to me.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • They are expected to return to Earth with a splashdown at sea.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The drop extends below the ground level of the park for a trademark splashdown.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 May 2018
  • Reentry and splashdown will be one of the riskiest moments of the mission.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The feat marks the first successful splashdown out of four total launches to date.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024
  • The end of the five-day mission will come with a splashdown off the Florida coast.
    — Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The spacecraft fired its thrusters to fine-tune its entry path to the splashdown location.
    — Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Earlier in the week, high wind and waves in the splashdown zones kept them at the station a few extra days.
    — Marcia Dunn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Ship notched some major milestones before splashdown, too.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The final element of the ride is a splashdown through a giant wave of water.
    — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • After splashdown, the seeds went into quarantine along with the crew.
    — Mark Thiessen, National Geographic, 8 July 2019
  • The crew has time set aside to study their procedures for reentry and splashdown, and talk with the flight control team.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That splashdown is scheduled for about 1 hour and 6 minutes after liftoff.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The public can view the splashdown on the Heikoff Giant Dome screen.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Will there be watch parties for the Artemis II mission splashdown?
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The current preferred splashdown zone is just south of Panama City.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 31 July 2020
  • It’s known for its dramatic drop of about 60 feet and the ensuing splashdown.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The successful splashdown marks the end of a historic mission nearly a decade in the making.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2020
  • None of this is set in stone, however; the departure date could be pushed back if bad weather crops up in the splashdown zone.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Today is the last day before the astronauts need to start preparing for splashdown.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Crew Dragon then descended to a gentle splashdown in calm winds and mild seas.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • This first test flight was expected to last three weeks, ending with a splashdown in the Pacific.
    — Marcia Dunn, ajc, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Wednesday's splashdown will not be webcast.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 June 2026
  • After circling the moon, Orion will return to Earth for a splashdown that tests its new heat shield.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 23 Aug. 2022

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