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This is a list of all spacecraft landings on other planets and bodies in the Solar System, including soft landings and both intended and unintended hard impacts. The list includes orbiters that were intentionally crashed, but not orbiters which later crashed in an unplanned manner due to orbital decay .
Venera 7 made the first successful landing on another planet, and returned signals from the surface of Venus for 23 minutes. [5] Mars 2 Orbiter and Lander: Mars 19 May 1971 27 November 1971 impact: 193 days (6 mo, 9 d) The Mars 2 lander crashed into Mars on 27 November 1971, in a failed soft landing attempt.
Orbital insertion Current status Notes Mariner 9: USA 14 November 1971 Deactivated 27 October 1972. In derelict orbit around Mars, expected to decay no sooner than 2022 [14] First spacecraft to orbit another planet First Mars orbiter Mars 2 orbiter USSR 27 November 1971 [15] Mission terminated 22 August 1972; spacecraft in derelict orbit
As per IAUC in 1993 May 22; 0.0003 AU (45,000 km) from the center of Jupiter, i.e. within the planet's radius of 0.0005 AU (69,911 km) on 1994 July 25.4. ( sic ) [ 16 ] Actual train of impacts as finally projected occurred beyond Jupiter's limb. [ 17 ]
Deep Impact at Comet 9P/Tempel 1 Dart Impact at Dimorphos Mars 2020 Skycrane descend stage crash smoke plume in the distance. This is a list of uncrewed spacecraft which have been intentionally destroyed at their objects of study, typically by hard landings or crash landings at the end of their respective missions and/or functionality.
We have the Apollo missions to thank for a lot of our geological knowledge about the moon.
On Tuesday, a large planetary alignment involving five planets will streak across our sky. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus will appear to be in a near-straight line, according to Star ...
The 'devil comet' orbits the sun every 71 years. Iowans may be able to see it through the next few weeks, but there's "no hope" on April 8.