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splashdown
noun as in crash
Strong matches
noun as in landing
Weak matches
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It also includes the procedure for retrieving the capsule and its crew and cargo after splashdown.
As with a handful of previous missions that have experimented with first-stage reuse, the Electron booster made a controlled splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
The company has been implementing a new atmospheric reentry and ocean splashdown process that uses a parachute to slow the booster’s descent, but the ultimate goal is to catch it in the air using a helicopter.
SpaceX said that the flight “will be carefully monitored at every step by SpaceX mission control” and will end in a splashdown off the Florida coast.
Marci jumped a foot out of the water, and her splashdown sent watery ripples rebounding off the cavern walls.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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