moon landing

noun

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

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If Artemis 3 goes according to plan, and the landers and spacesuits are ready in time, NASA is targeting 2028 for a moon landing on Artemis 4, and possibly again on Artemis 5 that same year. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 May 2026 This work kept the first moon landing from being aborted, even though the onboard computer was overloaded. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 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 The first human moon landing could then occur in 2028 during the Artemis IV mission, which would be the first of many astronaut ventures to the surface in the years ahead. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Apr. 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 Apollo 8 flew around the moon, but Apollo 9 stayed close before the Apollo 10 lunar flyby and eventual Apollo 11 first moon landing. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026 That will set the stage for the all-important Artemis IV moon landing in 2028, when two astronauts attempt a touchdown near the lunar south pole. Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026 Musk’s Starship and Bezos’ Blue Moon are vying for the all-important Artemis IV moon landing in 2028. Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026

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“Moon landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20landing. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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