Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The landing of a spacecraft or missile in water.
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- noun The landing of a space capsule on water (which causes a
splash as it comes down).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight
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Examples
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(AP) - 1 of the pilots from the US Airways "splashdown" flight in the Hudson River in New York will attend an Experimental Aircraft Association's banquet next month.
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Life followed up with a cover showing Glenn after his splashdown.
David Schonauer: Icons: Fifty Years Ago, a Space-Age Photo That Transcended the Television Age David Schonauer 2012
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After splashdown, it inflates a kind of raft so that it floats, and it's towed to shore.
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Same huge expendale rocket, same disposable spam can spacecraft, same throw away Lunar lander, same splashdown requiring half the Navy to come and get you.
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Same huge expendale rocket, same disposable spam can spacecraft, same throw away Lunar lander, same splashdown requiring half the Navy to come and get you.
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This is the final splashdown for students who have spent months designing, building and testing remote-controlled devices that operate underwater.
Underwater Robots Compete in NASA Astronaut Training Tank 2011
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My mind can even assimilate the concept of a spaceship slingshoting around the moon and returning home to splashdown and glory.
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Life followed up with a cover showing Glenn after his splashdown.
David Schonauer: Icons: Fifty Years Ago, a Space-Age Photo That Transcended the Television Age David Schonauer 2012
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This is the final splashdown for students who have spent months designing, building and testing remote-controlled devices that operate underwater.
Underwater Robots Compete in NASA Astronaut Training Tank 2011
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NASA is anticipating a splashdown rather than a landing.
Falling Satellite: NASA Tries To Predict Where And When It Will Hit Earth (VIDEO) 2011
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