moon landing

noun

: an event in which people land a spacecraft on the moon
the first moon landing

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Blue Origin also already has a roughly $3 billion Blue Moon lander in development as part of a similar lunar landing contract awarded by NASA in 2023 for later Artemis moon landing missions. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 The company is racing to develop the vehicle to help NASA achieve a moon landing planned for 2027. Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 Putting the difficulty of the task Mercedes had set for itself into perspective, the actual moon landing took only about two years longer to come to fruition after that particular challenge was announced. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025 The next mission would be Artemis 3, currently aiming for a moon landing. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025 After that, most would include Apollo 8, Apollo 11—the first moon landing—and Apollo 13. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025 The movie dramatized his role as the leader of what was originally planned as NASA's third moon landing, but instead became a mission of survival after an explosion tore through his spacecraft's service module. Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2025 That mission may be as important as the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, a flight made possible by Apollo 8, Launius said. Don Babwin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 The Apollo 13 mission — Lovell’s fourth spaceflight following Gemini VII, Gemini XII and Apollo 8 — launched on April 11, 1970, with the intention of a moon landing. Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Moon landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20landing. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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