Editing Splashdown (section)

===Uncrewed spacecraft===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Spacecraft
! Agency
! Landing date
! Coordinates
! Recovery ship
! Miss distance
|-
| [[PGM-19 Jupiter#Biological flights|Jupiter AM-18]]<br>(Able and Baker)
| [[United States Air Force|USAF]]
| May 28, 1959
| {{convert|48|to|96|km|mi|abbr=on}} N Antigua Island
| {{USS|Kiowa|AT-72|6}}
| {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EzY_AAAAIBAJ&dq=jupiter&pg=2850%2C525201 |title=Animals Survive 1,500-Mile Ride In Rocket Nose |work=The Windsor Daily Star |location=Windsor, Ontario |agency=Associated Press |date= May 28, 1959}}</ref>
|-
| [[Big Joe 1|Mercury-Big Joe]]
| [[NASA]]
| September 9, 1959
| {{convert|2,407|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE Cape Canaveral
| {{USS|Strong|DD-758|6}}
| {{convert|925|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/ch7-6.htm |title=Big Joe Shot |website=nasa.gov |access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Little Joe 2|Mercury-Little Joe 2]]
Sam The [[Rhesus Monkey]]
| NASA
| December 4, 1959
| {{convert|319|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE Wallops Island, Virginia
| {{USS|Borie|DD-704|6}}
| ? km<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=14MKAAAAIBAJ&dq=nasa&pg=6237%2C5872699 |title=Monkey Completes Long Flight Aloft |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |location=Ellensburg, Washington |date=December 4, 1959 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| [[Mercury-Redstone 1A]]
| NASA
| December 19, 1960
| {{convert|378.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE Cape Canaveral
| {{USS|Valley Forge|CV-45|6}}
| {{convert|12.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uR4sAAAAIBAJ&dq=valley%20forge%20mercury&pg=811,5955043 |title=Man-In-Space Capsule To Be Closely Studied |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Florence Times |location=Florence, Alabama |date=December 20, 1960}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mercury-Redstone 2]]
| NASA
| January 31, 1961
| {{convert|675.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE Cape Canaveral
| {{USS|Donner|LSD-20|6}}<ref name="homestead1">{{cite web|url=http://www.homestead.com/USSDONNERLSD20/index.html |title=USS Donner LSD20 |publisher=Homestead.com |access-date=2012-06-21}}</ref>
| {{convert|209.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gBAwAAAAIBAJ&dq=donner&pg=6178,267600 |title=Chimp Survives Space Shot |newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |date=February 1, 1961 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| [[Mercury-Atlas 2]]
| NASA
| February 21, 1961
| {{convert|2293.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE Cape Canaveral
| USS ''Donner''<ref name="homestead1"/>
| {{convert|20.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bQAsAAAAIBAJ&dq=donner&pg=1439,5138841 |title=Space Capsule Soars 107 Miles High |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Florence Times |location=Florence, Alabama |date=February 21, 1961}}</ref>
|-
| [[Discoverer 25]]<br>(Corona 9017)
| USAF
| June 16, 1961
| 
| 
| mid-air recovery missed
|-
| [[Mercury-Atlas 4]]
| NASA
| September 13, 1961
| {{convert|257.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} E of Bermuda
| {{USS|Decatur|DD-936|6}}
| {{convert|64.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SeRIAAAAIBAJ&dq=decatur&pg=1550,1134316 |title=U.S. Robot Orbited, Returned |newspaper=Meriden Journal |date=September 13, 1961}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mercury-Atlas 5]]
| NASA
| November 29, 1961
| {{convert|804.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE of Bermuda
| {{USS|Stormes|DD-780|6}}
| ? km<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kp5OAAAAIBAJ&dq=stormes&pg=6019,4614561 |title=Capsule Trouble Forces Early Landing Of Craft |agency=Associated Press |location=Toledo, Ohio |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=November 29, 1961}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gemini 2]]
| NASA
| January 19, 1965
| {{coord|16|33.9|N|49|46.27|W|name=Gemini 2}} {{convert|3423.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} downrange from KSC
| USS ''Lake Champlain''
| {{convert|38.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>[https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650018359_1965018359.pdf "Gemini 2 Distance traveled, Landing Point, Miss Distance"], ''Manned Space Flight Network Performance Analysis for the GT-2 Mission; Pg V - Distance traveled, Page 21 - Landing Point, Miss Distance'', (NASA X-552-65-204)</ref>
|-
| [[AS-201]]
| NASA
| February 26, 1966
| {{coord|8.18|S|11.15|W|format=dms|name=Apollo 201}} {{convert|8,472|km|mi|abbr=on}} downrange from KSC
| USS ''Boxer''
| ? km<ref name="uncrewed" />
|-
| [[AS-202]]
| NASA
| August 25, 1966
| {{coord|16.12|N|168.9|E|format=dms|name=Apollo 202}} {{convert|804.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of Wake Island
| USS ''Hornet''
| ? km<ref name="uncrewed">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/Apollo-Saturn-Uncrewed.html|title=Apollo-Saturn Unmanned Missions|first=Cheryl L.|last=Mansfield|date=January 9, 2018|website=NASA|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-date=July 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711222639/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/Apollo-Saturn-Uncrewed.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Manned Orbiting Laboratory|Gemini 2-MOL]]
| USAF
| November 3, 1966
| {{convert|8,149.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE KSC near Ascension Island
| {{USS|La Salle|LPD-3|6}}
| {{convert|11.26|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jRQhAAAAIBAJ&dq=titan&pg=5563%2C377286 |title=Titan 3 Gives Spectacular Space Show |location=Sarasota, Florida |newspaper=Sarasota Journal |date=November 3, 1966}}</ref>
|-
| [[Apollo 4]]
| NASA
| November 9, 1967
| {{coord|30.1|N|172.53|W|format=dms|name=Apollo 4}}
| {{USS|Bennington|CV-20|6}}
| {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="uncrewed" />
|-
| [[Apollo 6]]
| NASA
| April 4, 1968
| {{coord|27|40|N|157|59|W|name=Apollo 6}}
| USS ''Okinawa''
| ? km<ref name="uncrewed" />
|-
| [[Zond 5]]
| [[Soviet space program|USSR]]
| September 21, 1968
| {{coord|32.63|S|65.55|E|format=dms|name=Zond 5}}
| USSR recovery naval vessel {{ship|Soviet ship|Borovichy||2}} and {{ship|Soviet ship|Vasiliy Golovin||2}}
| {{convert|105|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Cassutt|title=Red Moon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdBP8E4di0sC&pg=PA320|year=2007|publisher=Tom Doherty Associates|isbn=978-1-4299-7172-0|page=320}}</ref><ref>[https://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Alpha&Alias=Zond%2005&Letter=Z&Display=ReadMore "Zond 5, Landing Point, Miss Distance"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927021949/https://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Alpha&Alias=Zond%2005&Letter=Z&Display=ReadMore |date=2011-09-27 }}, ''NASA Solar System Exploration - Zond 5, Landing Point, Miss Distance.''</ref>
|-
| [[Zond 8]]
| USSR
| October 27, 1970
| {{convert|730|km|mi|abbr=on}} SE of the [[Chagos Archipelago]], Indian Ocean
| USSR recovery ship {{ship|Soviet ship|Taman||2}}
| 24&nbsp;km<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian Harvey|title=Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVeY7vMCtOkC&pg=PA218|year=2007|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-73976-2|page=218}}</ref><ref>[https://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Chron&MCode=Zond_08&StartYear=1970&EndYear=1979&Display=ReadMore "Zond 8, Landing Point"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927021728/https://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Chron&MCode=Zond_08&StartYear=1970&EndYear=1979&Display=ReadMore |date=2011-09-27 }}, ''NASA Solar System Exploration - Zond 8, Splashdown area.''</ref>
|-
| [[Cosmos 1374]]
| USSR
| June 4, 1982
| {{coord|17|S|98|E|format=dms|name=Cosmos 1374}} {{convert|560|km|mi|abbr=on}} S of [[Cocos Islands]], Indian Ocean
| USSR recovery ship
| ?&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Cosmos 1445]]
| USSR
| March 15, 1983
| {{convert|556|km|mi|abbr=on}} S of Cocos Islands, Indian Ocean
| USSR recovery ship
| ?&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Cosmos 1517]]
| USSR
| December 27, 1983
| near [[Crimea]], [[Black Sea]]
| USSR recovery ship
| ?&nbsp;km
|-
| [[Cosmos 1614]]
| USSR
| December 19, 1984
| ?&nbsp;km W of the Crimea, Black Sea
| USSR recovery ship
| ?&nbsp;km
|-
| [[COTS Demo Flight 1]]
| [[SpaceX]]
| December 8, 2010
| {{convert|800|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of [[Baja California]], Mexico,  Pacific Ocean
| ?
| {{convert|0.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20101208|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210214816/http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20101208|url-status=dead|title="COTS 1 (SpaceX Dragon 1), Splashdown area"|archivedate=December 10, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dragon C2+]]
| SpaceX
| May 31, 2012
| {{coord|26.92|N|120.7|W|format=dms|name=Dragon C2+}}
| ?
| ?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/05/31/history-is-made-as-dragon-splashes-down-safely-in-the-pacific/ |title=History is made as Dragon splashes down safely in the Pacific! &#124; Bad Astronomy &#124; Discover Magazine |publisher=Blogs.discovermagazine.com |access-date=2012-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705041532/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/05/31/history-is-made-as-dragon-splashes-down-safely-in-the-pacific/ |archive-date=2012-07-05 }}</ref>
|-
| [[CRS SpX-1]]
| SpaceX
| October 28, 2012
| ?
| ''American Islander''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=367035570 |title=American Island |website=marinetraffic.com |access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
| ?<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/index.html |title=Dragon Returns to Earth |publisher=NASA |date=2012-10-28 |access-date=2012-10-29 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602184650/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[CRS SpX-2]]
| SpaceX
| March 27, 2013
| ?
| ''American Islander''
| ?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/005/130326splashdown/|title=SpaceX brings home Dragon with 2,700 pounds of cargo
|publisher=Spaceflightnow|date=2013-03-26 |access-date=2013-03-27}}</ref>
|-
| [[Exploration Flight Test 1]]
| NASA
| December 5, 2014
| {{coord|23.6||N|116.4||W|name=EFT-1}}, {{convert|275|mi|km|order=flip}} west of Baja California
| {{USS|Anchorage|LPD-23|6}}
|
|-
| [[Crew Dragon Demo-1]]
| [[SpaceX]]
| March 8, 2019
|  In the [[Gulf of Mexico]], off the coast of [[Pensacola]], Florida
| [[GO Searcher]]
|
|-
| [[SpaceX CRS-21]]
| [[SpaceX]]
| January 14, 2020
| In the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], Florida
| GO Navigator
|
|-
| [[Artemis I]]
| NASA
| December 11, 2022
| Pacific Ocean, west of [[Baja California]]
| [[USS Portland (LPD-27)|USS ''Portland'']]
| 4 [[Nautical Miles | nm]]
|
|-
| [[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4|IFT-4]]
| SpaceX
| June 6, 2024
| Indian Ocean
|
|-
| [[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 5|IFT-5]]
| SpaceX
| October 13, 2024
| Indian Ocean
|
|-
| [[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 6|IFT-6]]
| SpaceX
| November 19, 2024
| Indian Ocean
|}