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[[File:ImprovingMartianEllipses.png|thumb|Comparison of landing ellipses of NASA Mars landers in 1997, 2008, 2012, and 2021, respectively.]]
[[File:Skylab_reentry_map.svg|thumb|Shaded ellipses of [[Engineering:Skylab|Skylab]]'s reentry on 1979-07-11. Included for purposes of comparison.]]
[[File:Mir_reentry_map.svg|thumb|[[Astronomy:Deorbit of Mir|Deorbit of Mir]], 23 March 2001. The debris field (in red) is ±1,500 x ±100 km, smaller than predicted due  atmospheric reentry being slightly steeper than anticipated]]
[[File:Opportunity rover's landing site.jpg|thumb|right|The 150 x 20 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timeandnavigation.si.edu/multimedia-asset/landing-ellipse-for-the-opportunity-rover-mars-mission|title=Landing Ellipse for the Opportunity Rover Mars mission &#124; Time and Navigation|website=timeandnavigation.si.edu}}</ref> landing footprint of ''Opportunity'' rover on Meridiani Planum, Mars in 2004]]
[[File:Suggested landing ellipses for Luna-Glob.png|thumb|Suggested landing ellipses for Luna-25. Primary ellipses are 1, 4, 6 and secondary ellipses are 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and B1, B2.<ref name=luna25/>]]

This is a list of the projected [[Engineering:Landing footprint|landing zones]] on extraterrestrial bodies. The size of the [[Ellipse|ellipse]] or oval graphically represents [[Statistics|statistical]] degrees of uncertainty, i.e. the confidence level of the landing point, with the center of the ellipse being calculated as the most likely given the plethora of variables.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.planetary.org/articles/1425|title=Landing ellipses|website=The Planetary Society}}</ref><!--Both [[Astronomy:Deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies|hard landings]] and atmospheric entries into [[Astronomy:Gas giant|gas giant]]s are included.--> Their accuracy has improved from the early attempts in the [[Astronomy:Space Race|1960s]]; active research continues in the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0954410016662066|title=Rapid generation of landing footprint based on geometry-predicted trajectory|first1=Yuan-Long|last1=Zhang|first2=Ke-Jun|last2=Chen|first3=Lu-Hua|last3=Liu|first4=Guo-Jian|last4=Tang|first5=Wei-Min|last5=Bao|date=August 22, 2017|journal=Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering|volume=231|issue=10|pages=1851–1861|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1177/0954410016662066|s2cid=114089246 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25490/zeroing-in-on-the-target|title=Zeroing in on the Target|website=NASA Mars Exploration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2004-4774|chapter=Landing Footprint Computation for Entry Vehicles|first1=Amitabh|last1=Saraf|first2=James|last2=Leavitt|first3=Mark|last3=Ferch|first4=Kenneth|last4=Mease|title=AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit |date=August 16, 2004|publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|via=CrossRef|doi=10.2514/6.2004-4774|isbn=978-1-62410-073-4 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s42405-022-00503-1|title=Generation of Landing Footprints for Re-entry Vehicles Based on Lateral Profile Priority|first1=Yuan-long|last1=Zhang|first2=Yu|last2=Xie|first3=Xin|last3=Xu|date=February 1, 2023|journal=International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences|volume=24|issue=1|pages=261–273|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/s42405-022-00503-1|bibcode=2023IJASS..24..261Z |s2cid=251945950 }}</ref>

== Ellipse table ==

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!Mission
!Country/Agency
!Destination
!Date of Impact/Landing
!Axes
!Notes
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|[[Astronomy:Surveyor 1|Surveyor 1]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1966||50 km<ref name=surveyor>{{cite web |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19670028267/downloads/19670028267.pdf |title=Surveyor III Mission Report}}</ref>||Landing error ~18.96 km<ref name=change/>
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|[[Astronomy:Surveyor 3|Surveyor 3]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1967||15.1 x 10.6 km<ref name=surveyor/>||Initial landing ellipse was 30 km, was corrected in-flight after midcourse correction.<ref name=surveyor/> Landing error ~2.76 km<ref name=change/>
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|[[Engineering:Apollo 11|Apollo 11]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1969||18.5 x 4.8 km<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/eppler-slides-apollo-lunar-landing-experience-report-20070-r4.pdf |title=Human Lunar Landing Experience On Project Apollo |last=Eppler |first=Dean |year=2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Chaikin, Andrew |title=A Man on the Moon: The Triumphant Story Of The Apollo Space Program |date=2007|publisher=[[Company:Penguin Group|Penguin Group]] |location=New York |page=88|isbn=978-0-14-311235-8}}</ref>||First crewed landing. Landing error ~6.6 km<ref name=change/>
|-
|[[Engineering:Apollo 12|Apollo 12]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1969||~1 km,<ref name="Lorenz">{{cite journal |last1=Lorenz |first1=Ralph D. |title=Planetary landings with terrain sensing and hazard avoidance: A review |journal=Advances in Space Research |date=1 January 2023 |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1016/j.asr.2022.11.024 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/am/pii/S0273117722010468 |access-date=25 January 2024 |issn=0273-1177|doi-access=free }}</ref> or 13.3 x 4.8 km{{efn|{{convert|7.2|NM|km}} x {{convert|2.6|NM|km}} per source}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a12/images12.html|title=Apollo 12 Image Library|website=www.nasa.gov}}</ref> ||Second crewed landing. Landing error ~160 m<ref name=change/> Landed in ~200 m from Surveyor 3, its target. Landing was very precise and not intended to be closer.<ref name="Lorenz"/>
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|[[Engineering:Apollo 14|Apollo 14]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1971||~1 km<ref name="Lorenz"/>||
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|[[Engineering:Apollo 15|Apollo 15]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1971||~1 km<ref name="Lorenz"/>||
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|[[Engineering:Apollo 16|Apollo 16]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1972||~1 km<ref name="Lorenz"/>||
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|[[Engineering:Apollo 17|Apollo 17]]||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Moon||1972||~1 km,<ref name="Lorenz"/> or 15 x 5 km<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/files/DOCS/LROC_PSR_activity_lunar_water_part_2_instructor.pdf |title=The Mystery of Lunar Water Part 2 Instructor Guide }}</ref>||Last crewed landing. Landing error ~400 m<ref name=change/>
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|Viking || {{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars|| 1976|| 280 x 100 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2020-09-nasa-technology-enables-precision.html|title=NASA technology enables precision landing without a pilot|website=phys.org}}</ref> || [[Engineering:Retrorocket|Retrorocket]]
|-style="background: #CCCCCC;"
|n/a
|Shoemaker-Levy 9 (comet)
|Jupiter
|1994-07-16
|n/a
|As per [[Organization:Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams|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. (<i>sic</i>)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/05800/05800.html#Item1|title=IAUC 5800: 1993e|website=www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu}}</ref> Actual train of impacts as finally projected occurred beyond Jupiter's limb.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994IAUC.6025....1W|title=Periodic Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (1993e)|first1=J.|last1=Watanabe|first2=J.|last2=Rogers|date=July 1, 1994|journal=International Astronomical Union Circular|volume=6025|pages=1|via=NASA ADS}}</ref>   Included for purposes of comparison. 
|-
|[[Astronomy:Mars Pathfinder|Mars Pathfinder]] || {{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars|| 1997|| 200 x 70 km<ref name="Zeroing">{{cite web |title=Zeroing in on the Target |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25490/zeroing-in-on-the-target/ |website=NASA Mars Exploration |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> or 200 x 100 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mars.nasa.gov/MPF/mpfwwwimages/mpffootp.html|title=MPF Landing Footprint Plots|website=mars.nasa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia01123-mars-pathfinder-landing-ellipses|title=Mars Pathfinder Landing Ellipses|website=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)}}</ref> || Airbags
|-style="background: #CCCCCC;"
|[[Astronomy:Mars Polar Lander|Mars Polar Lander]] || {{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars|| 1999|| 200 x 20 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mars/polar_lander/mpl_ds2_landsite.html|title=Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 Landing Sites|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref> || Communications failed before landing attempt.
|-
|[[Astronomy:Mars Exploration Rover|Mars Exploration Rover]]s || {{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars|| 2003 || 150 x 20 km<ref name="nasa_mer">{{cite web |title=Image Gallery: Perseverance Rover - NASA |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/index.cfm?imageid=3650 |website=mars.nasa.gov |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> || Airbags
|-style="background: #CCCCCC;"
|[[Astronomy:Beagle 2|Beagle 2]] || {{flagicon|EU}} ESA|| Mars|| 2003 || 174 x 106 km<ref>{{cite journal |title=Selection of the landing site in Isidis Planitia of Mars probe Beagle 2|date=2003 |doi=10.1029/2001JE001820 |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2001JE001820 |last1=Bridges |first1=J. C. |last2=Seabrook |first2=A. M. |last3=Rothery |first3=D. A. |last4=Kim |first4=J. R. |last5=Pillinger |first5=C. T. |last6=Sims |first6=M. R. |last7=Golombek |first7=M. P. |last8=Duxbury |first8=T. |last9=Head |first9=J. W. |last10=Haldemann |first10=A. F. C. |last11=Mitchell |first11=K. L. |last12=Muller |first12=J.-P. |last13=Lewis |first13=S. R. |last14=Moncrieff |first14=C. |last15=Wright |first15=I. P. |last16=Grady |first16=M. M. |last17=Morley |first17=J. G. |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |volume=108 |issue=E1 |page=5001 |bibcode=2003JGRE..108.5001B }}</ref> || Successful landing, communications failure. 
|-
|[[Engineering:Huygens (spacecraft)|Huygens]] ||{{flagicon|EU}} ESA|| Titan||2005||1200 x 200 km<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1997ESASP1177....5L|title=1997ESASP1177....5L Page 5|journal=Huygens: Science|bibcode=1997ESASP1177....5L |last1=Lebreton |first1=J. -P. |last2=Matson |first2=D. L. |date=1997 |volume=1177 |page=5 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature04347|title=An overview of the descent and landing of the Huygens probe on Titan|first1=Jean-Pierre|last1=Lebreton|first2=Olivier|last2=Witasse|first3=Claudio|last3=Sollazzo|first4=Thierry|last4=Blancquaert|first5=Patrice|last5=Couzin|first6=Anne-Marie|last6=Schipper|first7=Jeremy B.|last7=Jones|first8=Dennis L.|last8=Matson|first9=Leonid I.|last9=Gurvits|first10=David H.|last10=Atkinson|first11=Bobby|last11=Kazeminejad|first12=Miguel|last12=Pérez-Ayúcar|date=December 23, 2005|journal=Nature|volume=438|issue=7069|pages=758–764|via=www.nature.com|doi=10.1038/nature04347|pmid=16319826 |bibcode=2005Natur.438..758L |s2cid=4355742 }}</ref>||
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|[[Engineering:Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars||2008||100 x 19&nbsp;km<ref name="auto"/> or "70 km long"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia10676-zeroing-in-on-mars |title=Zeroing in on Mars |website=[[Organization:Jet Propulsion Laboratory|Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] }}</ref>||
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|[[Organization:Mars Science Laboratory|Mars Science Laboratory]] || {{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars|| 2012 || 25 x 20 km<ref name="Zeroing"/>|| [[Astronomy:Sky crane (landing system)|Sky crane]]
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|[[Astronomy:Chang'e 3|Chang'e 3]] || {{flagicon|China}} CNSA|| Moon|| 2013 || 6 x 6 km<ref name=change>{{cite journal |doi=10.2514/1.A33208 |title=Guidance Summary and Assessment of the Chang'e-3 Powered Descent and Landing |date=2016 |last1=Li |first1=Shuang |last2=Jiang |first2=Xiuqiang |last3=Tao |first3=Ting |journal=Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=258–277 |bibcode=2016JSpRo..53..258L
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284345092_Guidance_Summary_and_Assessment_of_the_Chang'e-3_Powered_Descent_and_Landing }}</ref>|| Landed with a landing error of ~89 m,<ref name=change/> 2 m targeting precision<ref name="Lorenz"/>
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|Philae || {{flagicon|EU}} ESA|| 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko|| 2014 || 0.5 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scitechdaily.com/close-view-primary-landing-site-comet-67p/|title=A Close Up View of the Primary Landing Site on Comet 67P|first1=D. C.|last1=Agle|first2=Jet Propulsion|last2=Laboratory|date=October 16, 2014}}</ref>|| 
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|[[Engineering:Falcon 9|Falcon 9]] first-stage booster
|{{flagicon|United States}} SpaceX
|Earth
|2015
|~20 m<ref>{{cite web |title=SpaceX's self-landing rocket is a flying robot that's great at math |url=https://qz.com/915702/the-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-you-see-landing-on-earth-is-really-a-sophisticated-flying-robot |website=Quartz |access-date=23 January 2024 |language=en |date=21 February 2017}}</ref><ref name=blackmore2016>{{cite journal |title=Autonomous Precision Landing of Space Rockets |journal=The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering |date=Winter 2016 |last=Blackmore |first=Lars |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=15–20 |issn=0737-6278 |url=http://web.mit.edu/larsb/www/nae_bridge_2016.pdf |access-date=January 15, 2017 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110121559/http://web.mit.edu/larsb/www/nae_bridge_2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[Engineering:SpaceX reusable launch system development program|First reusable rocket]], and the most precise landing system to date. Included for comparison.
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|[[Engineering:Schiaparelli EDM|Schiaparelli EDM]]
|{{flagicon|EU}} ESA
|Mars
|2016
|100 x 15 km<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.20812|title=Europe and Russia prepare for historic landing on Mars|first=Elizabeth|last=Gibney|date=October 17, 2016|journal=Nature|via=www.nature.com|doi=10.1038/nature.2016.20812|s2cid=133443172 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESAC/Spotlight_on_Schiaparelli_s_landing_site|title=Spotlight on Schiaparelli’s landing site|website=www.esa.int}}</ref>
|Crash landing.
|-
|Cassini
|{{flagicon|United States}} NASA
|Saturn
|2017-09-17
|TBD
|Rotation brought entry area into view.
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|[[Astronomy:InSight|InSight]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars||2018||130 x 27&nbsp;km<ref name="Zeroing"/>||
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|[[Astronomy:Hayabusa2|Hayabusa2]] ||{{flagicon|Japan}} JAXA||[[Astronomy:162173 Ryugu|162173 Ryugu]] ||2018|| 2 or 3 m<ref name="Lorenz"/> || Sampling occured in ~1 m from a target.<ref name="Lorenz"/>
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|[[Astronomy:OSIRIS-REx|OSIRIS-REx]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||[[Astronomy:101955 Bennu|101955 Bennu]] ||2020|| 6.5 m<ref name="Lorenz"/> || Sampling occured in ~1 m from a target.<ref name="Lorenz"/>
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|[[Astronomy:Mars 2020|Mars 2020]] || {{flagicon|USA}} NASA|| Mars|| 2021 || 7.7 x 6.6 km<ref>{{cite web |title=Perseverance Rover Landing Ellipse in Jezero Crater |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25491/perseverance-rover-landing-ellipse-in-jezero-crater/ |website=NASA Mars Exploration |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> ||[[Astronomy:Sky crane (landing system)|Sky crane]]. Landed 1.7 km from center of ellipse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/perseverance-lands-on-mars/|title=Perseverance lands on Mars|first=Jeff|last=Foust|date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Astronomy:Tianwen-1|Tianwen-1]]||{{flagicon|China}} CNSA||Mars||2021||56 x 22 km<ref name="Lorenz"/><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007137|title=Landing Site Selection and Characterization of Tianwen-1 (Zhurong Rover) on Mars|author1=Wu, Bo|author2=Dong, Jie|author3=Wang, Yiran|author4=Rao, Wei|author5=Sun, Zezhou|author6=Li, Zhaojin|author7=Tan, Zhiyun|author8=Chen, Zeyu|author9=Wang, Chuang|author10=Liu, Wai Chung|author11=Chen, Long|author12=Zhu, Jiaming|author13=Li, Hongliang|year=2022|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets|volume=127|issue=4|doi=10.1029/2021je007137|bibcode=2022JGRE..12707137W |doi-access=free}}</ref>||
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|[[Astronomy:ExoMars#Second launch (2028)|ExoMars 2020]]||{{flagicon|EU}}{{flagicon|Russia}} ESA/Roscosmos||Mars||2023||104 x 19 km<ref>{{cite web |title=ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars - Choosing the ExoMars 2020 landing site |url=https://exploration.esa.int/web/mars/-/53845-landing-site |website=exploration.esa.int |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ExoMars 2020 Landing Map |url=https://www.planetary.org/space-images/exomars-2020-landing-map-textured |website=The Planetary Society |access-date=24 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Favaro |first1=E. A. |last2=Balme |first2=M. R. |last3=Davis |first3=J. M. |last4=Grindrod |first4=P. M. |last5=Fawdon |first5=P. |last6=Barrett |first6=A. M. |last7=Lewis |first7=S. R. |title=The Aeolian Environment of the Landing Site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover in Oxia Planum, Mars |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |date=April 2021 |volume=126 |issue=4 |doi=10.1029/2020JE006723 |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JE006723 |access-date=24 January 2024 |language=en |issn=2169-9097}}</ref> or 120 x 19 km<ref>{{cite web |title=ExoMars landing site revealed {{!}} News |url=https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-exomars-update |website=University of Leicester |access-date=24 January 2024 |language=en |date=22 November 2018}}</ref>||Mission postponed until 2028.
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|[[Astronomy:Luna 25|Luna 25]]||{{flagicon|Russia}} Roscosmos||Moon||2023-08-19||30 x 15 km<ref name=luna25>{{cite journal |last1=Krasilnikov |first1=S. S. |last2=Basilevsky |first2=A. T. |last3=Ivanov |first3=M. A. |last4=Krasilnikov |first4=A. S. |title=Geological and Geomorphological Characteristics of High-Priority Landing Sites for the Luna-Glob Mission |journal=Solar System Research |date=1 March 2021 |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=83–96 |doi=10.1134/S0038094621010056 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0038094621010056 |access-date=24 January 2024 |language=en |issn=1608-3423|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ivanov |first1=M.A. |last2=Abdrakhimov |first2=A.M. |last3=Basilevsky |first3=A.T. |last4=Demidov |first4=N.E. |last5=Guseva |first5=E.N. |last6=Head |first6=J.W. |last7=Hiesinger |first7=H. |last8=Kohanov |first8=A.A. |last9=Krasilnikov |first9=S.S. |title=Geological characterization of the three high-priority landing sites for the Luna-Glob mission |journal=Planetary and Space Science |date=November 2018 |volume=162 |pages=190–206 |doi=10.1016/j.pss.2017.08.004}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ivanov |first1=M.A. |last2=Hiesinger |first2=H. |last3=Abdrakhimov |first3=A.M. |last4=Basilevsky |first4=A.T. |last5=Head |first5=J.W. |last6=Pasckert |first6=J-H. |last7=Bauch |first7=K. |last8=van der Bogert |first8=C.H. |last9=Gläser |first9=P. |last10=Kohanov |first10=A. |title=Landing site selection for Luna-Glob mission in crater Boguslawsky |journal=Planetary and Space Science |date=November 2015 |volume=117 |pages=45–63 |doi=10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.007}}</ref>||Mission failed before landing attempt.
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|[[Astronomy:Chandrayaan-3|Chandrayaan-3]]||{{flagicon|India}} ISRO||Moon||2023-08-23||4.5 x 2.5 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/space/indias-chandrayaan-3-will-attempt-soft-lunar-landing|title=India's Chandrayaan-3 Will Attempt Soft Lunar Landing &#124; Aviation Week Network|website=aviationweek.com}}</ref> or 4 x 2.4 km<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |url=https://www.jaxa.jp/projects/files/youtube/ml_slim_lev1_lev2/jaxa_doc01_20231205.pdf#page=5 |title=小型月着陸実証機「SLIM」月着陸へ向けた今後の予定 |trans-title=Small lunar landing demonstration vehicle "SLIM" Future plans for the moon landing |publisher=JAXA }}</ref>||
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|[[Astronomy:OSIRIS-REx|OSIRIS-REx]] return capsule||{{flagicon|USA}} NASA||Earth||2023-09-24||30 x 80 km,<ref>{{cite web |title=OSIRIS-REx Mission Profile – OSIRIS-REx {{!}} Spaceflight101 |url=https://spaceflight101.com/osiris-rex/osiris-rex-mission-profile/ |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref> 14 x 58 km,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Haygen |title=Historic OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples successfully return to Earth |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/09/osirisrex-landing/ |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=24 September 2023}}</ref> or 12 x 30 km<ref name="osiris">{{cite web |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |title=OSIRIS-REx sample capsule lands in Utah |url=https://spacenews.com/osiris-rex-sample-capsule-lands-in-utah/ |website=SpaceNews |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=24 September 2023}}</ref>||Sample return from an asteroid. Capsule landed ~ 8 km from the center.<ref name="osiris"/>
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|[[Astronomy:Peregrine Mission One|Peregrine Mission One]]
|{{flagicon|US}} [[Company:Astrobotic Technology|Astrobotic, Inc.]] 
|Moon
|2024-01-18
|24 x 6 km<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/18/world/peregrine-lunar-lander-astrobotic-nasa-scn/index.html|title=Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander burns up over Pacific Ocean|first=Jackie|last=Wattles|date=January 19, 2024|website=CNN}}</ref>
|First U.S. lunar lander built since Apollo Program (1972). Aborted to [[Astronomy:Spacecraft cemetery|Point Nemo]].
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|[[Astronomy:Smart Lander for Investigating Moon|SLIM]]||{{flagicon|Japan}} JAXA||Moon||2024-01-19||100 m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/feature/forefront/220928.html|title=SLIMの月面ピンポイント着陸技術|website=宇宙科学研究所}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>||Dubbed "Moon Sniper" for its accuracy (despite having landed upside-down).<ref>https://www.pressreader.com/usa/asbury-park-press/20240126/281784223967609</ref>
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file:PIA21896-Saturn-Cassini-ImpactSite-20170915.jpg{{!}}thumb{{!}}center{{!}}700px{{!}}[[Cassini retirement, Saturn, 9.4°N 15 W, 15 September 2017, at the southern edge of the North Equatorial Belt (itself approximately 15,000 km wide); the blander Equatorial Zone is immediately below.]]

==See also==
*[[Astronomy:Moon landing|Moon landing]]
*[[Astronomy:Mars landing|Mars landing]]
**Great Galactic Ghoul
*[[Social:Cone of Uncertainty|Cone of Uncertainty]] 
*[[Earth:Tropical cyclone forecasting|Tropical cyclone forecasting]]
*[[Astronomy:Deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies|Deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies]]


== Notes ==
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==References==
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[[Category:Spaceflight]]
[[Category:Exploration of Mars]]
[[Category:Exploration of the Moon]]

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