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Objects in space created in recognition of prominent figures
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Fallen Astronaut plaque and statue on the Moon, placed there during the 1971
Apollo 15 mission
The Mars rover
Spirit contains a memorial to the crew of the
Space Shuttle Columbia 's
STS-107 2003 mission, which
disintegrated upon reentry .
This list of extraterrestrial memorials compiles the
human-made
memorials not located on
Earth .
Mars
Landing sites:
Memorials and artifacts:
Earth orbit
The Moon
Fallen Astronaut – 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.
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Plaques and
flags at the landing sites of
Apollo 11 ,
12 ,
14 ,
15 ,
16 , and
17
Pennants of the Soviet Union on
Luna 2 impactor
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Flag of India – aboard
ISRO 's
Moon Impact Probe , which was released by
Chandrayaan-1 and impacted the lunar surface on 14 November 2008.
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Moon Museum – a ceramic wafer containing artwork from
Andy Warhol ,
Robert Rauschenberg ,
David Novros ,
Forrest Myers ,
Claes Oldenburg , and
John Chamberlain . It was left on the leg of the lunar module on
Apollo 12 .
Luna 01 from
Celestis
Arch Mission Foundation 's Lunar Library – possibly survived the
Beresheet Moon lander's crash landing
Flag of China on
Chang'e 5
Manfred Memorial Moon Mission – a lunar flyby and Earth orbit in memorial to
Manfred Fuchs
Planned
Lunaprise A time capsule – on the
Nova-C lunar lander
Luna 03
Lunar Codex's Nova Collection – art and poetry on
Nanofiche on the
Nova-C lunar lander in 2022
Lunar Codex's Polaris Collection – art, books, poetry, music and film on hybrid memory cards and Nanofiche on the
Griffin lunar lander in 2023/24
Titan
Jupiter
Other
Proposed
References
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"Viking 1 Lander" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov .
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"Viking 2 Lander" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov .
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"Mars Pathfinder" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov .
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"Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Memorialized on Mars" . mars.nasa.gov (Press release). January 28, 2004.
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"Space Shuttle Columbia Crew Memorialized On Mars" . NASA . 2004-01-06.
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"Curiosity Landing Site Named for Ray Bradbury" . NASA. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012 .
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"NASA's InSight Mars Lander" . NASA's InSight Mars Lander . Retrieved 2023-12-10 .
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"Welcome to 'Octavia E. Butler Landing' " . NASA Mars Exploration . Retrieved 2023-12-10 .
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"After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends" .
Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024 .
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"Soviet Craft - Mars (1960-1974)" . Archived from
the original on July 8, 2013.
^ Gnau, Thomas.
"How a piece of Wright brothers history is set to fly again — on Mars" . springfield-news-sun .
^ Potter, Sean (23 March 2021).
"NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight" (Press release). NASA. 21-033.
Archived from the original on 10 April 2022.
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"Astronauts get their own LEGO minifigures on space station" . collectSPACE.com . 8 January 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2023 .
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"Sculpture, Fallen Astronaut" . Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum . Archived from
the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014 .
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"Soviet Craft - Luna (1958-1976)" . Archived from
the original on July 8, 2013.
^ Laxman, Srinivas (2008-11-15).
"Chandrayaan-I Impact Probe lands on moon" .
Times Of India . Retrieved 2008-11-14 .
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"China's lunar probe Chang'e-1 impacts moon" .
Xinhua News Agency . Mar 5, 2006. Archived from
the original on 2015-02-10.
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"Huygens landing site to be named after Hubert Curien" .
European Space Agency . 5 March 2007.
Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-05-08 .
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