moon landing

noun

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

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This mission is a necessary step before NASA attempts a moon landing in 2028. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 June 2026 While SpaceX and Blue Origin engineers work against the clock to prepare their respective spacecraft for the first moon landing since 1972, scores of scientists are addressing the myriad technological challenges future space explorers will face on long-duration missions to the moon and beyond. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026 The attraction will throw Moon Fest, tied to the 57th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing, on July 17-19. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2026 Talent pool For China's human moon landing, a three-member crew is planned, with two astronauts expected to land on the moon to perform scientific research and exploration, Ji said. Leonard David, Space.com, 27 May 2026 Both companies must launch a successful unpiloted moon landing mission before the agency will attempt to land astronauts in 2028. William Harwood, CBS News, 22 May 2026 Once there, the astronauts will attempt to dock the capsule with a lunar lander vehicle and perform a series of other tests designed to assess the agency’s readiness to attempt a human moon landing. Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 May 2026 The conspiracy theories — which claim NASA faked the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, and subsequent missions to win the Space Race, often alleging the events were filmed in a studio — have persisted for decades. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026 That will set the stage for a moon landing by two new astronauts as early as 2028. Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Moon landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20landing. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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