: an event in which people land a spacecraft on the moon
the first moon landing
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If that goes well, NASA plans to launch one and possibly two moon landing missions in 2028.—William Harwood, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Until Isaacman’s program makeover, Artemis III was crawling toward a moon landing no sooner than 2029.—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026 That mission was, similarly, a rehearsal for a moon landing.—Charlie Gile, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026 At the Kennedy Space Center, perhaps no launch site is more iconic than Launch Complex 39A, where the majority of NASA's Apollo moon missions got off the ground – including the groundbreaking Apollo 11 moon landing.—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 If the flight goes smoothly, Artemis 2 will pave the way for NASA's eventual Artemis 4 moon landing by astronauts in 2028.—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026 For the first Artemis moon landing, a pair of astronauts could spend nearly a week there.—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 The 360-degree virtual reality experience opened to the public in April 2019, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing that July.—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025