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Definition of splashdown in English: splashdownnoun ˈsplaʃdaʊnˈsplæʃˌdaʊn The alighting of a returning spacecraft on the sea, with the assistance of parachutes. Example sentencesExamples - It looks like splashdown to me, and to everybody else in Suffolk as well.
- Would the probe make a touchdown or a splashdown?
- After much planning, the Russian space agency decided to send Mir through Earth's atmosphere, breaking it apart into small pieces before its final splashdown in the South Pacific.
- First of all, can you tell us a little bit about the process and the sequence of events leading to the actual splashdown?
- When we reached splashdown I wasn't sure how she'd react.
- The Japanese government for its part told Okinawan islanders to stay indoors to avoid the remote chance of being hit by debris from Mir, which is to overfly the islands an hour before its splashdown.
- It shoots pictures for 24 hours, from insertion to splashdown, and costs about $450.
- It records 2 frames a second from launch pad to splashdown, and it completely replaces existing technology.
- The splashdown of Gemini 12 on November 15, 1966, marked the operational end of the Gemini program.
- The aircraft then glided to a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.
- The only genuine parts of the whole televised event was the blast-off and splashdown.
- He even proved uncannily accurate in anticipating the Florida launch site, Pacific Ocean splashdown, and recovery by U.S. naval forces of the Apollo missions.
- On July 24, 1969, flight controllers at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston waved flags and cheered in celebration of the splashdown and success of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
- An eastern site was preferred for Apollo 11, which would leave a western site for backup, but too far east would require a night splashdown on the return to Earth.
- Sadly, only two of the six passengers survived the splashdown.
- The exact timing of the splashdown was yet unclear and depended on the state of the sun.
- Huygens has been built to survive an impact both on hard ice or a splashdown in a sea of lighter fuel.
- If so, ESA's Huygens spaceprobe could well be heading for a splashdown when it parachutes to the moon's surface in January 2005.
Synonyms alighting, arrival, coming in, deplaning
Definition of splashdown in US English: splashdownnounˈsplæʃˌdaʊnˈsplaSHˌdoun The alighting of a returning spacecraft on the sea, with the assistance of parachutes. Example sentencesExamples - It records 2 frames a second from launch pad to splashdown, and it completely replaces existing technology.
- The only genuine parts of the whole televised event was the blast-off and splashdown.
- It shoots pictures for 24 hours, from insertion to splashdown, and costs about $450.
- The exact timing of the splashdown was yet unclear and depended on the state of the sun.
- On July 24, 1969, flight controllers at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston waved flags and cheered in celebration of the splashdown and success of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
- Huygens has been built to survive an impact both on hard ice or a splashdown in a sea of lighter fuel.
- He even proved uncannily accurate in anticipating the Florida launch site, Pacific Ocean splashdown, and recovery by U.S. naval forces of the Apollo missions.
- The aircraft then glided to a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.
- If so, ESA's Huygens spaceprobe could well be heading for a splashdown when it parachutes to the moon's surface in January 2005.
- After much planning, the Russian space agency decided to send Mir through Earth's atmosphere, breaking it apart into small pieces before its final splashdown in the South Pacific.
- Sadly, only two of the six passengers survived the splashdown.
- First of all, can you tell us a little bit about the process and the sequence of events leading to the actual splashdown?
- It looks like splashdown to me, and to everybody else in Suffolk as well.
- The splashdown of Gemini 12 on November 15, 1966, marked the operational end of the Gemini program.
- An eastern site was preferred for Apollo 11, which would leave a western site for backup, but too far east would require a night splashdown on the return to Earth.
- The Japanese government for its part told Okinawan islanders to stay indoors to avoid the remote chance of being hit by debris from Mir, which is to overfly the islands an hour before its splashdown.
- When we reached splashdown I wasn't sure how she'd react.
- Would the probe make a touchdown or a splashdown?
Synonyms alighting, arrival, coming in, deplaning
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