List of extraterrestrial memorials
Fallen Astronaut plaque on the Moon
List of extraterrestrial memorials is a list of different types of memorials that are not on Earth.
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))
Interactive imagemap of the global topography of Mars, overlain with locations of memorial sites on Mars (Yellow label = Named memorial site; Blue label = possible debris site; ? = precise location is not known). Hover your mouse to see the names of over 25 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. Reds and pinks are higher elevation (+3 km to +8 km); yellow is 0 km; greens and blues are lower elevation (down to −8 km). Whites (>+12 km) and browns (>+8 km) are the highest elevations. Axes are latitude and longitude; Poles are not shown.
(also see: Mars map & Mars Rovers map) (view • discuss)
The Moon
- Fallen Astronaut, is a lunar plaque for lives lost in space exploration.[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]
Titan
Other
- Manfred Memorial Moon Mission (lunar flyby and Earth orbit)
References
- ↑ Soviet Craft - Mars (1960-1974)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ ESA - Huygens landing site to be named after Hubert Curien
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