List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces
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This is a partial list of artificial objects left on extraterrestrial surfaces.


Artificial objects on Venus


Artificial objects on the Moon


Artificial objects on Mars


Artificial objects on other extraterrestrial bodies


Estimated total masses of objects


Gallery

File:Mars3_lander_vsm.jpg,
Mars 3 Mars 3 was a robotic space probe of the Soviet Mars program, launched May 28, 1971, nine days after its twin spacecraft Mars 2. The probes were identical robotic spacecraft launched by Proton-K rockets with a Blok D upper stage, each consisti ...
lander at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Russia File:MER Spirit Lander Pan Sol16-A18R1 br2.jpg, MER-A ''Spirit'' rover lander File:Apollo15LunarRover.jpg,
Apollo 15 Apollo 15 (July 26August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the Apollo program and the fourth Moon landing. It was the first List of Apollo missions#Alphabetical mission types, J mission, with a longer stay on the Moon and a greate ...
Lunar Roving Vehicle The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is a Battery electric vehicle, battery-powered four-wheeled Rover (space exploration), rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (Apollo 15, 15, Apollo 16, 16, and Apollo 17 ...
in its final resting place on the Moon File:Huygens probe model.jpg, Scale model of the '' Huygens'' probe which landed on
Titan Titan most often refers to: * Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn * Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology Titan or Titans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities Fictional locations * Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
File:Venera-4_capsule_in_museum.JPG,
Venera 4 Venera 4 (), also designated 4V-1 No.310, was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. The probe comprised a lander, designed to enter the Venusian atmosphere and parachute to the surface, and a carrier/ flyby space ...


See also

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Sample return mission A sample-return mission is a spacecraft mission to collect and return samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis. Sample-return missions may bring back merely atoms and molecules or a deposit of complex compounds such as lo ...
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Moon rock Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon, and rock that has been ejected naturally from the Moon's surface and landed on Earth ...
* List of archaeological sites beyond national boundaries *
List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies 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 ...
* Deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies *
List of extraterrestrial orbiters This list of extraterrestrial orbiters is a listing of spacecraft that achieved an extraterrestrial orbit. Legend Sun The first artificial object in heliocentric orbit was Luna 1 (1959). Moon Mars Venus Jupiter Saturn Mercury ...
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List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System Several space probes and the upper stages of their launch vehicles are leaving the Solar System, all of which were launched by NASA. Three of the probes, ''Voyager 1'', ''Voyager 2'', and ''New Horizons,'' are still functioning and are regula ...


External links


Comprehensive listing of space artifacts by Philippe Pinczon du Sel (spaceartefacts.com)


References

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