Sixty years ago, the first landing attempt on the Red Planet was made by the lander that was part of the Soviet Union’s mission called Sputnik 24. From that day to the present, several strides have been made in the field of precision landings on large planetary bodies having an atmosphere. This progression has permitted to reverse the trend that saw most of these manoeuvres fail and also to reach levels of efficiency that even allow rovers and drones to land. In addition, the great interest in the exploration of planets in the solar system, that has been recently ignited,has helped research in this field to become extremely fertile.