splashdown

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After NASA's Artemis II mission ended with a successful splashdown, engineers began closely reviewing data from across the mission.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

The “NOVA” presentation, bookended by takeoff and splashdown footage, isn’t for astrophysicists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The astronauts did the first slingshot around the Moon in more than 50 years and traveled deeper into space than any humans before -- culminating in a smooth splashdown Friday off the coast of California.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

With the capsule descending beneath huge parachutes to gently splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, the astronauts were back on Earth.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Together the three computers would monitor and analyze all aspects of the spaceflights, from launch to splashdown.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly