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soft-land
[ sawf-land, soft- ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact:
to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
verb (used without object)
- to land slowly and without jarring impact:
The craft will soft-land on the moon.
Other Words From
- soft-lander noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of soft-land1
Example Sentences
It makes the Asian nation only the fifth country to soft-land on Earth's natural satellite, after the US, the Soviet Union, China and India.
"And congratulations to India on being the 4th country to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon," he said on X, formerly Twitter.
India's second lunar mission, which also attempted to soft-land there in 2019, was unsuccessful - its lander and rover were destroyed, though its orbiter survived.
In 2019, Chang’e-4, another lander-rover, was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the far side of the Moon.
It was launched on 22 February and was planned to soft-land on 10 April.
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