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周四，首艘同国际空间站(International Space Station)对接的私人飞船返回地球，精准溅落南加州海岸外的太平洋海域。

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The first private spacecraft to visit the International Space Station made a dramatic return home Thursday with a precise splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast.

splash·down /ˈsplæʃˌdaʊn/ noun
plural splash·downs
 
[count, noncount] : the landing of a spacecraft in the ocean — see also splash down at 1splash

splash down
[phrasal verb] of a spacecraft: to land in the ocean
▪ The space capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.