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    Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, also known as LZ-1 and LZ-2 respectively, are landing facilities at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station used by SpaceX...
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    lying between LC-12 and LC-14. In 2015, the LC-13 site was leased by SpaceX and was renovated for use as Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, the company's East...
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    In military terminology a landing zone (LZ) is an area where aircraft can land. In the United States military, a landing zone is the actual point where...
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  • Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, either on a landing zone on the ground or on a drone ship. SpaceX landing zones are: SpaceX Landing Complex 1 (LC-1), USSF...
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    Heavy lifted off at 20:45 UTC. Its side boosters landed safely on Landing Zones 1 and 2 a few minutes later. However, only one of the three engines on the...
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    return-to-launch-site (RTLS) landings at its two Cape Canaveral Space Force Station landing pads, Landing Zones 1 and 2, the company initially planned...
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    orbit, and its two booster cores returned to land at Landing Zones 1 and 2 several minutes later. The sole objective not completed was the landing of the...
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    almost 500 percent, and the lunar landing program eventually involved some 34,000 NASA employees and 375,000 employees of industrial and university contractors...
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    Hakuto-R Mission 2, also called Resilience, was a robotic lunar landing mission launched on 15 January 2025. Developed by the Japanese company ispace,...
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    mainly to low Earth and geostationary orbits. The former Launch Complex 13 at Cape Canaveral, now renamed Landing Zones 1 and 2, has since 2015 been...
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    A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made...
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    The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord...
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    landing on the surface of Venus. In 1984, the Vega programme began and ended with the launch of two crafts launched 6 days apart, Vega 1 and Vega 2....
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    modified Red Dragon capsule would have performed all entry, descent and landing (EDL) functions needed to deliver payloads of 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb)...
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    fare zones (Tarifzonen). They are numbered 110 to 184, with zones 180 to 184 designating those outside of the canton of Zurich (Aargau, Schwyz and St....
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    United States Army Pathfinder School (category Airborne units and formations of the United States Army)
    Their primary mission is to set up parachute drop zones and helicopter landing zones for airborne and air assault missions. The Pathfinders were created...
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    Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the...
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    At recreational drop zones, an area is generally set side for parachute landings. Personnel at the site may include a drop zone operator or owner (DZO)...
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    ocean-going barge developed by SpaceX and equipped with propulsion systems to maintain precise position and a large landing platform. They were developed to...
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    Gwynne Shotwell (category Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni)
    She oversaw the first landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on land and on an ocean platform, the first relaunch and landing of a used orbital rocket...
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    separated from the center core and returned to land at Landing Zones 1 and 2, while the center core completed its mission and landed on Of Course I Still...
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  • landing pad may refer to: Floating landing platform, a water-borne landing platform for a rocket SpaceX landing zone, a type of facility for landing SpaceX...
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    1926 leads to the top of Angels Landing and provides panoramic views of Zion Canyon. The trail to Angels Landing is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long with an approximate...
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  • Mexico just after landing burn ignition, the booster completed its objective of flying under a more aggressive angle of attack than usual and enabling SpaceX...
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  • Landing Zone Kate (also known as Firebase Kate, LZ Kate or Firebase White) is a former U.S. Army base northwest of Quang Duc Province in southern Vietnam...
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    launch sites and on all of SpaceX's different landing zones and drone ships (except rarely used LZ-2 that is located nearby LZ-1). List of Falcon 1 launches...
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    tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto a low-slope beach with no docks or piers. The shallow draft and bow doors and ramps enabled amphibious...
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    Pathfinder Platoon (category Airborne units and formations of the United Kingdom)
    reconnaissance force. Its role includes locating and marking drop zones and helicopter landing zones for air landing operations. Once the main force has landed...
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    and "Boston", each with three regiment-sized landings on a drop zone. The drop zones of the 101st were northeast of Carentan and lettered A, C, and D...
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    The landing craft mechanized (LCM) is a military landing craft designed for carrying personnel and vehicles from ship to shore without requiring a pier...
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