splash down
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A recovery team including Navy personnel is waiting to retrieve the crew, expected to splash down near San Diego.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The astronauts were speaking to news media less than two days before they are scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their 10-day mission around the Moon.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
On Friday, the crew of the Artemis II mission will splash down on Earth after its historic 10-day flyby of the Moon.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
They will end the mission with a splash down in the Pacific Ocean.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
I raise my head from the cold river water and let it splash down my back.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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