List of extraterrestrial memorials
List of extraterrestrial memorials is a list of different types of memorials that are not on Earth.
Fallen Astronaut plaque and statue on the Moon, placed there during the 1971 Apollo 15 mission
Mars
Several landing sites have been named, either the spacecraft itself or the landing site:
- Pennants of Soviet Union on Mars 2 and Mars 3 landers (1971).[1]
- Thomas Mutch Memorial Station, the Viking 1 lander (1976).[2]
- Gerald Soffen Memorial Station, the Viking 2 lander (1976).[3]
- Carl Sagan Memorial Station, Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner) base (1997).[4]
- Challenger Memorial Station, MER-B (Opportunity) landing site area (2004).[5]
- Columbia Memorial Station, MER-A (Spirit) landing site area (2004).[6]
- Green Valley, the Phoenix lander (2008).
- Bradbury Landing, Curiosity rover landing site (August 6, 2012).[7] (Note: Due to the nature of the landing system, there is no actual space hardware at the touchdown location of Bradbury Landing, see Curiosity (rover))
- InSight Landing, the InSight lander (2018).
Interactive image map of the global topography of Mars, overlain with locations of memorial sites on Mars. Hover your mouse over the image to see the names of over 60 prominent geographic features, and click to link to them. Coloring of the base map indicates relative elevations, based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. Whites and browns indicate the highest elevations (+12 to +8 km); followed by pinks and reds (+8 to +3 km); yellow is 0 km; greens and blues are lower elevations (down to −8 km). Axes are latitude and longitude; Polar regions are noted. (See also: Mars map & Mars Rovers map) (view • discuss)
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The Moon
- Fallen Astronaut, is a lunar plaque and small memorial statue for lives lost in space exploration. It was placed on the Moon during the 1971 Apollo 15 mission[8]
- Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 each left a plaque and flag at their landing sites.
- Pennants of the Soviet Union on Luna 2 impactor[9]
- Flag of India on ISRO's Moon Impact Probe that was released by Chandrayaan-1 and impacted the Lunar surface on 14 November 2008.[10][11]
Other
- Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (lunar flyby and Earth orbit)
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References
- Soviet Craft - Mars (1960-1974) Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- NSSDC - Viking 1 lander
- NSSDC - Viking 2 lander
- NSSDC - Mars Pathfinder
- NASA - Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Memorialized on Mars
- NASA - Space Shuttle Columbia Crew Memorialized on Mars
- "Curiosity Landing Site Named for Ray Bradbury". NASA. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- "Sculpture, Fallen Astronaut". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- Soviet Craft - Luna (1958-1976) Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Laxman, Srinivas (2008-11-15). "Chandrayaan-I Impact Probe lands on moon". Times Of India. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/01/content_10923205.htm
- ESA - Huygens landing site to be named after Hubert Curien
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