day trip
noun
: a journey in which a person goes to visit a place and then returns home on the same day
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Four astronauts were sent on a 10-day trip around the moon from Florida’s Space Center on Wednesday.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Naked-eye observations Artemis 2 is sending four astronauts — NASA's Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen — on a 10-day trip around the moon in an Orion capsule.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Fiji Navy sources told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the ship, which was on a seven-day trip, was also carrying about 30 crew members.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
Translunar injection burn sends Artemis II toward moon A maneuver known as a translunar injection burn (TLI) is what has sent the astronauts beyond Earth's orbit and on a four-day trip toward the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 marked the end of a lunar exploration era in 1972.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Naked-eye observations Artemis 2 is sending four astronauts — NASA's Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen — on a 10-day trip around the moon in an Orion capsule.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Fiji Navy sources told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the ship, which was on a seven-day trip, was also carrying about 30 crew members.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
Translunar injection burn sends Artemis II toward moon A maneuver known as a translunar injection burn (TLI) is what has sent the astronauts beyond Earth's orbit and on a four-day trip toward the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 marked the end of a lunar exploration era in 1972.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Day trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20trip. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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