moon landing

noun

: 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

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“Moon landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20landing. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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