touch down

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Odysseus touched down in the Malapert A crater, some 300 kilometers from the moon’s south pole, becoming the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Hounded by the press from the moment the wheels touch down in Australia.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

France kept up the pressure and after forcing Tommy O'Brien to touch down behind the Irish line, Antoine Dupont teed up Jalibert from the resulting five-metre scrum to burst through and score on 22 minutes.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Forecasts for January put inflation at 1.2% on the year, a touch down from December’s 1.31% increase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

To retrieve the astronaut safely, we had to make sure that we understood the exact place and time that space capsule would touch down.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson