Landings on other planets

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This is a list of all spacecraft landings on other planets and bodies in the solar system.

1 Moon
2 Venus
3 Mars
4 Titan
5 Asteroids and Comets
6 Note
7 See also

[edit] Moon

Luna 2 - First lunar impact, September 13, 1959
Ranger 4 - April 26, 1962
Ranger 6 - February 2, 1964
Ranger 7 - July 31, 1964
Ranger 8 - February 20, 1965
Ranger 9 - March 24, 1965
Luna 5 - May 12, 1965
Luna 7 - October 7, 1965
Luna 8 - December 6, 1965
Luna 9 - First soft landing February 3, 1966
Surveyor 1 - June 2, 1966
Surveyor 2 - September 23, 1966
Luna 13 - December 24, 1966
Surveyor 3 - April 20, 1967
Surveyor 4 - July 17, 1967
Surveyor 5 - September 11, 1967
Surveyor 6 - November 10, 1967
Surveyor 7 - January 10, 1968
Apollo 11 - manned mission, July 20, 1969
Luna 15 - July 21, 1969
Apollo 12 - manned mission, November 18, 1969
Luna 16 - sample return, September 20, 1970
Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 - lunar rover, November 17, 1970
Apollo 14 - manned mission, February 5, 1971
Apollo 15 - manned mission, July 30, 1971
Luna 20 - sample return, February 21, 1972
Apollo 16 - manned mission, April 21, 1972
Apollo 17 -manned mission, December 7, 1972
Luna 21/Lunokhod 2 - lunar rover, January 8, 1973
Luna 23 - November 6, 1974
Luna 24 - sample return, August 18, 1976
Hiten - lunar orbiter, intentionally impacted, January 24, 1990
Lunar Prospector - lunar orbiter, intentionally impacted, July 31, 1999
SMART-1 - lunar orbiter, intentionally impacted, September 3, 2006

[edit] Venus

Venera 7 - December 15, 1970
Venera 8 - July 22, 1972
Venera 9 - October 22, 1975
Venera 10 - October 25, 1975
Pioneer Venus - one atmospheric probe survived impact, December 9, 1978
Venera 12 - December 21, 1978
Venera 11 - December 25, 1978
Venera 13 - March 1, 1982
Venera 14 - March 5, 1982
Vega 1 - June 11, 1985
Vega 2 - June 15, 1985

[edit] Mars

Mars 2 - no contact after hard landing, November 27, 1971
Mars 3 - sent signal for only 20 seconds after landing, December 2, 1971
Viking 1 - July 20, 1976
Viking 2 - September 3, 1976
Mars Pathfinder - Mars rover, July 4, 1997
Mars Polar Lander - lost December 3, 1999 prior to landing
Beagle 2 - no contact after landing attempt, December 25, 2003
MER-A 'Spirit' - Mars rover, January 3, 2004
MER-B 'Opportunity' - Mars rover, January 25, 2004

[edit] Titan

Huygens - January 14, 2005

[edit] Asteroids and Comets

NEAR Shoemaker - Eros landing, February 12, 2001
Deep Impact - Comet 9P/Tempel 1 impactor, July 4, 2005
Hayabusa - Itokawa landing, November 20, 2005

[edit] Note

Phobos landing was unsuccessfully attempted by Phobos 2 in 1989.

[edit] See also

List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces

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