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Landing Sites
Spacecraft have landed on the Moon, Venus and Mars.
Below we list the landing sites in chronological order;
please send me additions. corrections and
comments.
Spacecraft Coun Launch Arrival Landing Site Comment
Luna 2 USSR 12 Sep 59 Sep 14 59 29.10N 0.0 Impact - Palus Putredinis
Ranger 4 USA 23 Apr 62 Apr 26 62 15.5S 130.7W Impact - Far Side
Ranger 6 USA 30 Jan 64 Feb 2 64 M Tranquilit. Impact - Mare Tranquilitatis
Ranger 7 USA 28 Jul 64 Jul 31 64 10.35S 21.58W Impact - Mare Cognitum
Ranger 8 USA 17 Feb 65 Feb 20 65 2.67N 24.65E Impact - Mare Tranquilitatis
Ranger 9 USA 21 Mar 65 Mar 24 65 12.83S 2.37W Impact - Alphonsus crater
Luna 5 USSR 9 May 65 May 65 31S 8E Crash (S/L attempt) - Mare Nubium
Luna 7 USSR 4 Oct 65 Oct 65 9N 40W Crash (S/L attempt) - Oceanus Procellarum
Luna 8 USSR 3 Dec 65 Dec 65 9:08N 63:18W Crash (S/L attempt) - Oceanus Procellarum
Luna 9 USSR 31 Jan 66 Feb 3 66 7:08N 64:33W Softlanding - Oceanus Procellarum
Surveyor 1 USA 30 May 66 Jun 2 66 2:27S 43:13W Softlanding - Flamsteed P
Lunar O. 1 USA 10 Aug 66 Oct 29 66 7N 161E Impact (Far side) after successful orbiter mission
Surveyor 2 USA 20 Sep 66 Sep 22 66 S Copernicus Crash (S/L attempt)
Lunar O. 2 USA 6 Nov 66 Oct 11 67 3N 119.1E Impact (Far side) after successful orbiter mission
Luna 13 USSR 21 Dec 66 Dec 24 66 18:52N 62:03W Softlanding - Oceanus Procellarum
Lunar O. 3 USA 5 Feb 67 Oct 10 67 14.32N 92.7W Impact (Far side) after successful orbiter mission
Surveyor 3 USA 17 Apr 67 Apr 20 67 2:56S 23:20W S/L; Apollo 12 visit - Oceanus Procellarum
Lunar O. 4 USA 4 May 67 Oct 31 67 ? 22-30W Impact after successful orbiter mission
Surveyor 4 USA 14 Jul 67 Jul 17 67 0:26N 1:20W Crash (S/L attempt)
Lunar O. 5 USA 1 Aug 67 Jan 31 68 2.79S 83W Impact after successful orbiter mission
Surveyor 5 USA 8 Sep 67 Sep 11 67 1:25N 22:15E Softlanding
Surveyor 6 USA 6 Nov 67 Nov 10 67 0:25N 1:20W Softlanding
Surveyor 7 USA 7 Jan 68 Jan 10 68 40:53S 11:26W S/L rim of Tycho
Luna 15 USSR 13 Jul 69 Jul 21 69 17N 60E Crash (during Apollo 11) - Mare Crisium
Apollo 11 USA 16 Jul 69 Jul 20 69 0:41N 23:26E Manned S/L - Mare Tranquilitatis
Apollo 12 USA 14 Nov 69 Nov 19 69 3:11S 23:23W Manned S/L, near Surveyor 3 - Oceanus Procellarum
Luna 16 USSR 12 Sep 70 Sep 20 70 0:41S 56:18E S/L, sample return - Mare Fecunditatis
Luna 17 USSR 10 Nov 70 Nov 17 70 38:18N 35W S/L, Lunochod 1 rover - Mare Imbrium
Apollo 14 USA 31 Jan 71 Feb 5 71 3:40S 17:28W Manned S/L - Fra Mauro
Apollo 15 USA 26 Jul 71 Jul 30 71 26:06N 3:39E Manned S/L, rover - Hadley Rille
Luna 18 USSR 2 Sep 71 Sep 71 3:34N 56:30E Crash (sample return attempt) - Mare Fecunditatis
Luna 20 USSR 14 Feb 72 Feb 21 72 3:32N 56:33E S/L, sample return - Mare Fecunditatis
Apollo 16 USA 16 Apr 72 Apr 20 72 8:59S 15:31E Manned S/L, rover - Descartes
Apollo 17 USA 7 Dec 72 Dec 11 72 20:10N 30:46E Manned S/L, rover - Taurus-Littrow
Luna 21 USSR 8 Jan 73 Jan 15 73 25:54N 30:30E S/L, Lunochod 2 rover - LeMonnier Crater
Luna 23 USSR 28 Oct 74 Nov 74 12:41N 62:18E S/L, sample return attempt failed - Mare Crisium
Luna 24 USSR 9 Aug 76 Aug 14 76 12:45N 62:12E S/L, sample return - Mare Crisium
Hiten Japan 24 Jan 90 Mar 19 90 34:18S 55:36E Impact after successful orbiter mission
Prospector USA 6 Jan 98 Jul 31 99 87:42S 42:21E Crash after successful orbiter mission - South Polar Region
SMART-1 ESA 27 Sep 03 Sep 3 06 34:14S 46:12W Impact after successful orbiter mission
SELENE Japan 14 Sep 07 Feb 12 09 28:13N 21:01E Impact after successful orbiter mission (Rstar Relay Sat, Okina)
SELENE Japan 14 Sep 07 Jun 10 09 65.5S 30E Impact after successful orbiter mission
Chang'e 1 China 24 Oct 07 Mar 1 09 1.5S 52:22E Impact
MIP India 22 Oct 08 Nov 14 08 89S 30W Impact: Moon Impactor Probe/Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan India 22 Oct 08 Aug 29 09 ? ? Impact after successful orbiter mission, Chandrayaan-1
LCROSS USA 18 Jun 09 Oct 9 09 84:44S 49:22W Impact - Cabeus Crater
" Centaur USA 18 Jun 09 Oct 9 09 84:40S 48:43W Impact - Cabeus Crater
GRAIL-A Ebb USA 10 Sep 11 Dec 17 12 75:37N 37:48W Impact after successful orbiter mission - bet Philolaus, Mouchez
GRAIL-B Flow USA 10 Sep 11 Dec 17 12 75:37N 37:48W Impact after successful orbiter mission - bet Philolaus, Mouchez
Chang'e 3 China 1 Dec 13 Dec 14 13 44:12N 19:51W S/L, Yutu rover - Mare Imbrium
Also note:
Apollo Lunar Landings (1969 - 1972) (NSSDC/Nasa)
Apollo Lunar Landing Sites (NSSDC/Nasa)
Impact Sites of Apollo LM Ascent and SIVB Stages (NSSDC/Nasa)
Lunar Orbiter infos, with impact dates and sites (NSSDC/Nasa)
Spacecraft Coun Launch Arrival Landing Site Comment
Venera 3 USSR 16 Nov 65 1 Mar 66 ? Entry, no data
Venera 4 USSR 12 Jun 67 18 Aug 67 19N 38E Entry, atmosphere data
Venera 5 USSR 5 Jan 69 16 May 69 3S 18E Entry, atmosphere data
Venera 6 USSR 10 Jan 69 17 May 69 5S 23E Entry, atmosphere data
Venera 7 USSR 17 Aug 70 15 Dec 70 5S 351E Softlanding
Venera 8 USSR 27 Mar 72 22 Jul 72 10S 335E Softlanding
Venera 9 USSR 8 Jun 75 22 Oct 75 32N 291E Softlanding
Venera 10 USSR 14 Jun 75 25 Oct 75 16N 291E Softlanding
Pio. Venus 2 USA 8 Aug 78 9 Dec 78 S/L, Bus + 4 Probes
59.3N 4.8E North Probe
31.3S 317.0E Day
28.7S 56.7E Night
4.4N 304.0E Large
Venera 11 USSR 9 Sep 78 25 Dec 78 14S 299E Softlanding
Venera 12 USSR 14 Sep 78 21 Dec 78 7S 294E Softlanding
Venera 13 USSR 30 Oct 81 1 Mar 82 7.5S 303E Softlanding
Venera 14 USSR 4 Nov 81 5 Mar 82 13.25S 310E Softlanding
Spacecraft Coun Launch Arrival Landing Site Comment
Mars 2 USSR 19 May 71 27 Nov 71 45S 302W Crash (S/L attempt)
44.2S 313.2W
Mars 3 USSR 28 May 71 2 Dec 71 45S 158W S/L, failed after 110 s
Mars 6 USSR 5 Aug 73 12 Mar 74 23.90S 19.42W Crash (S/L attempt) - Margaritifer Sinus
Viking 1 USA 20 Aug 75 20 Jul 76 22.48N 49.97W Softlanding - Chryse Planitia
84.01W
Viking 2 USA 9 Sep 75 3 Sep 76 47.97N 225.74W Softlanding - Utopia Planitia
MPF USA 4 Dec 96 4 Jul 97 19.33N 35.55W S/L, Sojourner rover - Ares Valley
MPL USA 3 Jan 99 3 Dec 99 76S 196W Crash (? - S/L attempt) - South Polar Region
Beagle 2 ESA 2 Jun 03 25 Dec 03 10.6N 270W State unknown (S/L attempt) - Isidis Regio
MER-A (2) USA 10 Jun 03 4 Jan 04 14.57S 184.53W S/L, Spirit rover - Gusev crater
MER-B (1) USA 7 Jul 03 25 Jan 04 1.95S 5.53W S/L, Opportunity rover - Meridiani Terra
Phoenix USA 7 Aug 07 28 May 08 68.22N 125.7W S/L - Green Valley in NPR
MSL USA 26 Nov 11 6 Aug 12 4.59S 137.44E S/L, Curiosity Rover - Gale crater
(updated with NSSDC's areographic coordinates; our older values are given as
alternatives in extra lines)
Hartmut Frommert
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Last Modification: November 20, 2001