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The retro-rockets on 1976 Viking lander in Mars don’t count? Of course that had a parachute to assist, but I think it was still going really fast.
by madengr 6y ago
The retro-rockets on 1976 Viking lander in Mars don’t count? Of course that had a parachute to assist, but I think it was still going really fast.
- mulmen 6y agoSounds like the Russians actually did it in 1971? Also since we are already speaking extra terrestrially Apollo 11 landed propulsively in 1969, with humans on board and it got back to orbit! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_1#Lander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_1#Lander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3#Entry,_descent,_landing,_transmission,_and_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3#Entry,_descent,_landing...