Examples of moon landing in a Sentence
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Its first moon landing on the IM-1 mission last year also tipped over when one of its Odysseus probe's four landing legs broke after hit the lunar surface faster than expected.
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Earlier this week, Intuitive Machines launched its second lander into space, with a targeted moon landing on or around March 6.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Watch the 2024 moon landing live stream here As of this writing, Intuitive Machines is targeting touchdown of Odysseus for 4:30 p.m. Central Time.
—Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
The ambitious goal—a moon landing in 2024—took the world by surprise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2019
The company previously attempted a moon landing with its Hakuto-R lander, which ultimately crashed into the lunar surface in April 2023.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
As a feat of engineering and space exploration, some have compared it to NASA's Apollo moon landing from 1969-1972.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
But in 2019, then-Vice President Mike Pence made the stunning declaration that the administration would direct NASA to drastically accelerate that timeline, aiming to conduct a crewed moon landing by 2024.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
The first moon landing in more than half a century would follow.
—Marcia Dunn, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Earlier this week, Intuitive Machines launched its second lander into space, with a targeted moon landing on or around March 6.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Watch the 2024 moon landing live stream here As of this writing, Intuitive Machines is targeting touchdown of Odysseus for 4:30 p.m. Central Time.
—Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
The ambitious goal—a moon landing in 2024—took the world by surprise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2019
The company previously attempted a moon landing with its Hakuto-R lander, which ultimately crashed into the lunar surface in April 2023.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
As a feat of engineering and space exploration, some have compared it to NASA's Apollo moon landing from 1969-1972.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
But in 2019, then-Vice President Mike Pence made the stunning declaration that the administration would direct NASA to drastically accelerate that timeline, aiming to conduct a crewed moon landing by 2024.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
The first moon landing in more than half a century would follow.
—Marcia Dunn, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Moon landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20landing. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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