splashdownn.

Brit.

/ˈsplaʃdaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈsplæʃˌdaʊn/

Forms: Also splash-down.

Etymology: < splash- comb. form + down adv.

The alighting of a spacecraft on the sea. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > slow landing without damage > landing on the sea

splashdown1961

1961 Washington Post 5 May b2 They [sc. several warships] are strung out about 60 miles apart, and their mission is to retrieve Shepard after ‘splashdown’.

1961 Washington Post 6 May a1 The perfect flight, from lift-off to splash-down, lasted only 15 minutes.

1968 Guardian 28 Dec. 8/2 From launch to splashdown the Apollo-8 mission went entirely without hitch.

1968 Guardian 23 Sept. 1/2 The splash-down appears to have been some way from the recovery fleet.

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiv. 347 The Navy's weathermen had predicted acceptable splash-down conditions.

1978 Times 1 Aug. 2/2 (caption) He [sc. a member of the crew of a balloon] hears the recording of their splashdown transmission.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	splashdown
释义	splashdownn. Brit. /ˈsplaʃdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈsplæʃˌdaʊn/ Forms: Also splash-down. Etymology: < splash- comb. form + down adv. The alighting of a spacecraft on the sea. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > slow landing without damage > landing on the sea splashdown1961 1961 Washington Post 5 May b2 They [sc. several warships] are strung out about 60 miles apart, and their mission is to retrieve Shepard after ‘splashdown’. 1961 Washington Post 6 May a1 The perfect flight, from lift-off to splash-down, lasted only 15 minutes. 1968 Guardian 28 Dec. 8/2 From launch to splashdown the Apollo-8 mission went entirely without hitch. 1968 Guardian 23 Sept. 1/2 The splash-down appears to have been some way from the recovery fleet. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiv. 347 The Navy's weathermen had predicted acceptable splash-down conditions. 1978 Times 1 Aug. 2/2 (caption) He [sc. a member of the crew of a balloon] hears the recording of their splashdown transmission. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961
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