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This splashdown comes three years to the day on which the Inspiration4 mission had launched − which Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman also led and funded.
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Brooke Edwards, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
The uncrewed spacecraft was sent on its way to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, while the booster returned to earth less than seven minutes later.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Like a rock skipping across a pond, the spacecraft dips in and out of Earth’s atmosphere, slowing itself with drag and then rising with lift, until finally descending with parachutes for the splashdown.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Skip entries provide a number of benefits, including a wider range of splashdown targets.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Brooke Edwards, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
The uncrewed spacecraft was sent on its way to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, while the booster returned to earth less than seven minutes later.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Like a rock skipping across a pond, the spacecraft dips in and out of Earth’s atmosphere, slowing itself with drag and then rising with lift, until finally descending with parachutes for the splashdown.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Skip entries provide a number of benefits, including a wider range of splashdown targets.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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