Soft landing

Soft landing may refer to:

Soft landing (flight), a type of landing, usually of a hot air balloon in descent by gradually reducing its buoyancy
Soft landing (rocketry), any landing which does not result in the destruction of the payload vehicle
Soft landing (economics), a business cycle downturn which avoids recession
Soft landing (chemistry), a process in chemical instrumentation

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