soft-land
verb
soft-landed; soft-landing; soft-lands
: to cause to make a soft landing on a celestial body (such as the moon)
: to make a soft landing
soft-lander
noun
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Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, the second private mission to soft-land on the moon, touched down in Mare Crisium on March 2 as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
That made China the third country after the United States and the former Soviet Union to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Jan. 2018
Blue Ghost aced its touchdown early Sunday morning (March 2), becoming just the second private vehicle ever to soft-land successfully on the moon.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Blue Ghost is aiming to become the second private lander to successfully soft-land on the moon, just over a year after Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Intuitive Machines's first lunar lander, Odysseus, became the first private spacecraft to soft-land on the moon in February last year, marking a historic success, despite tipping over onto its side.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
During the Flight 6 test flight in November, SpaceX skipped the booster catch due to a sensor issue but successfully soft-landed its Starship vehicle in the Indian Ocean, capturing stunning video of the splashdown.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2024
This report provides further hope for a no-landing or soft-landing economic scenario in the U.S. despite relatively high interest rates.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Intuitive Machines made history in February as the first U.S. company to soft-land a cargo mission on the moon’s surface.
—Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2024
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
That made China the third country after the United States and the former Soviet Union to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Jan. 2018
Blue Ghost aced its touchdown early Sunday morning (March 2), becoming just the second private vehicle ever to soft-land successfully on the moon.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Blue Ghost is aiming to become the second private lander to successfully soft-land on the moon, just over a year after Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Intuitive Machines's first lunar lander, Odysseus, became the first private spacecraft to soft-land on the moon in February last year, marking a historic success, despite tipping over onto its side.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
During the Flight 6 test flight in November, SpaceX skipped the booster catch due to a sensor issue but successfully soft-landed its Starship vehicle in the Indian Ocean, capturing stunning video of the splashdown.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2024
This report provides further hope for a no-landing or soft-landing economic scenario in the U.S. despite relatively high interest rates.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Intuitive Machines made history in February as the first U.S. company to soft-land a cargo mission on the moon’s surface.
—Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Soft-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft-land. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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