moon landing

noun

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

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What was the Apollo 11 moon landing? Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 In 2022, Reuters published a report addressing claims circling on social media that the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was faked. Giana Levy, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025 The list of debunks goes on and on and on; moon landing conspiracies, however, have remained persistently popular among some, even inspiring last year’s Fly Me to the Moon starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 During the last episode of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian endorsed the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing was faked. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025 Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Aldrin and NASA for comment on Kardashian's doubt about the 1969 moon landing. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 Next came the Biden administration, which maintained support for Artemis but in 2021 decided that SpaceX’s still-developing Starship would be its first moon landing vehicle, citing cost savings over developing its own NASA lander. Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025 In the center of the Askja Caldera volcano in the Highlands, there is a blue crater lake that was once used by NASA to train astronauts for the first moon landing in 1969. Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 22 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

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“Moon landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20landing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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