#space recovery

• Splashdown — The act of landing on water (amerisa) and its result; a technical maneuver by which a seaplane, a space capsule, or a helicopter makes controlled contact with the surface of a sea or an ocean and maintains a structural floating state. It represents the final phase of a flight executed over an aquatic environment.
• Splashed down — Having performed a water-landing maneuver (amerisare); an aircraft, seaplane, or space capsule that has made controlled contact with the surface of the water and is in a structural floating state. It describes the final state of an aero-cosmic vehicle after successfully completing a descent into an aquatic environment.