splashdown in English
noun
1
the alighting of a returning spacecraft on the sea, with the assistance of parachutes.
If so, ESA's Huygens spaceprobe could well be heading for a splashdown when it parachutes to the moon's surface in January 2005.
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1. Breakwater is an American funk band from Philadelphia.The band released two albums: Breakwater in 1978, and Splashdown in 1980
2. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called Alighting, although it is commonly called "landing", "touchdown" or " splashdown " as well