splashdown
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Spacesplashdownsplash‧down /ˈsplæʃdaʊn/ noun [countable, uncountable] TTSa landing by a spacecraft in the seaExamples from the Corpussplashdown• The choice of splashdown into the ocean rather than a land-based return was forced by the geographic position of the launch site.