List of extraterrestrial memorials

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

Main article: List of artificial objects on Mars § Landing site namings and memorials

Landing sites:

Memorials and artifacts:

Map of MarsAcheron FossaeAcidalia PlanitiaAlba MonsAmazonis PlanitiaAonia PlanitiaArabia TerraArcadia PlanitiaArgentea PlanumArgyre PlanitiaChryse PlanitiaClaritas FossaeCydonia MensaeDaedalia PlanumElysium MonsElysium PlanitiaGale craterHadriaca PateraHellas MontesHellas PlanitiaHesperia PlanumHolden craterIcaria PlanumIsidis PlanitiaJezero craterLomonosov craterLucus PlanumLycus SulciLyot craterLunae PlanumMalea PlanumMaraldi craterMareotis FossaeMareotis TempeMargaritifer TerraMie craterMilankovič craterNepenthes MensaeNereidum MontesNilosyrtis MensaeNoachis TerraOlympica FossaeOlympus MonsPlanum AustralePromethei TerraProtonilus MensaeSirenumSisyphi PlanumSolis PlanumSyria PlanumTantalus FossaeTempe TerraTerra CimmeriaTerra SabaeaTerra SirenumTharsis MontesTractus CatenaTyrrhen TerraUlysses PateraUranius PateraUtopia PlanitiaValles MarinerisVastitas BorealisXanthe Terra
The image above contains clickable links Interactive image map of the global topography of Mars, overlain with locations of Mars Memorial sites. Hover your mouse over the image to see the names of over 60 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. Whites and browns indicate the highest elevations (+12 to +8 km); followed by pinks and reds (+8 to +3 km); yellow is 0 km; greens and blues are lower elevations (down to −8 km). Axes are latitude and longitude; Polar regions are noted.
(   Named •   Debris •   Lost )
Beagle 2
Curiosity
Deep Space 2
InSight
Mars 2
Mars 3
Mars 6
Mars Polar Lander
Opportunity
Pereverance
Phoenix
Schiaparelli EDM lander
Pathfinder
Spirit
Viking 1
Viking 2

Earth orbit

The Moon

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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  2. ^ "Viking 2 Lander". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  3. ^ "Mars Pathfinder". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  4. ^ "Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Memorialized on Mars". mars.nasa.gov (Press release). January 28, 2004.
  5. ^ "Space Shuttle Columbia Crew Memorialized On Mars". NASA. 2004-01-06.
  6. ^ "Curiosity Landing Site Named for Ray Bradbury". NASA. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
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  8. ^ mars.nasa.gov. "Welcome to 'Octavia E. Butler Landing'". NASA Mars Exploration. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
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