splashdown

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as in landing

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Recent Examples of splashdown Starship tipped over and erupted in flames upon splashdown, a dramatic end to the mission. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026 And the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean ended in a huge bang, rather than the soft landing the company had hoped for. — Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 This time, SpaceX was intent on circling the globe from an altitude of 170 miles — not just once but six times over almost 10 hours, ending with a Pacific splashdown near Chile. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 The splashdown wasn’t as soft as the one seen in July during the previous flight, causing a massive fireball over the water. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for splashdown
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landing
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  • Drones deploy from a weatherproof docking station that handles launch, landing, charging, data upload and mission scheduling without an on-site operator.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • There was enormous investment in electric technology several years ago, particularly for applications such as electric vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of landing

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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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