parachute
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Once that stage is complete, parachutes will slow the spacecraft before it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
From Barron's
The capsule is designed to land under parachutes in the Pacific Ocean, not far from San Diego.
Once that stage is complete, powerful parachutes will slow the spacecraft, which will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.
From Barron's
In the early 1990s, he got into parasailing, strapping tourists into parachutes and towing them behind a speed boat.
Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.