Each lander mission so far has used its own time zone, corresponding to average local solar time at the landing location.

However, the intended landing location was not known to them and they were therefore forced to spread their forces thinly to guard against all eventualities.

In a spacecraft, the destination is usually an orbit, while for aircraft it is their landing location.

Olympus Mons is an unlikely landing location for automated space probes in the near future.

I will not try to specify a final landing location now, because we have not been able to obtain a clear picture of surface conditions.

The islands have some vegetation but are mostly uninhabitable, with no suitable landing locations for boats to approach.

Owing to their protests, the seaplane was forced to change its landing location.

"There was no typical military fighting at the landing locations, so I wouldn't characterize it as a military confrontation," he said.

It was also the landing location of the failed Mars mission that took place in 2042.

The park is a landing location for immigrants arriving from Cuba in homebuilt boats called "chugs."