Dictionary entry

Splashdown

Pronunciation: /ˈsplaʃdaʊn/

Pronunciation

/ˈsplaʃdaʊn/

Myanmar Meaning

ပင်လယ်ပြင်တွင် အာကာသယာဉ် ဆင်းသက်ခြင်း။

Definition

splashdown /'splæʃdaƱn / n ပင္လယ္တြင္ အာကာသယာဥ္ ဆင္းသက္မႈ။ Splashdown is scheduled for 0500 hours.

Examples

  1. ‘It shoots pictures for 24 hours
  2. from insertion to splashdown
  3. and costs about $450.’
  4. ‘It looks like splashdown to me
  5. and to everybody else in Suffolk as well.’
  6. ‘The splashdown of Gemini 12 on November 15
  7. 1966
  8. marked the operational end of the Gemini program.’
  9. ‘The exact timing of the splashdown was yet unclear and depended on the state of the sun.’
  10. ‘The only genuine parts of the whole televised event was the blast-off and splashdown.’
  11. ‘When we reached splashdown I wasn't sure how she'd react.’
  12. ‘An eastern site was preferred for Apollo 11
  13. which would leave a western site for backup
  14. but too far east would require a night splashdown on the return to Earth.’
  15. ‘Sadly
  16. only two of the six passengers survived the splashdown.’
  17. ‘Huygens has been built to survive an impact both on hard ice or a splashdown in a sea of lighter fuel.’
  18. ‘He even proved uncannily accurate in anticipating the Florida launch site
  19. Pacific Ocean splashdown
  20. and recovery by U.S. naval forces of the Apollo missions.’
  21. ‘The aircraft then glided to a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.’
  22. ‘If so
  23. ESA's Huygens spaceprobe could well be heading for a splashdown when it parachutes to the moon's surface in January 2005.’
  24. ‘It records 2 frames a second from launch pad to splashdown
  25. and it completely replaces existing technology.’
  26. ‘On July 24
  27. 1969
  28. flight controllers at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston waved flags and cheered in celebration of the splashdown and success of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.’
  29. ‘Would the probe make a touchdown or a splashdown?’
  30. ‘After much planning
  31. the Russian space agency decided to send Mir through Earth's atmosphere
  32. breaking it apart into small pieces before its final splashdown in the South Pacific.’
  33. ‘First of all
  34. can you tell us a little bit about the process and the sequence of events leading to the actual splashdown?’
  35. ‘The Japanese government for its part told Okinawan islanders to stay indoors to avoid the remote chance of being hit by debris from Mir
  36. which is to overfly the islands an hour before its splashdown.’