: an event in which people land a spacecraft on the moon
the first moon landing
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In 2019, to mark the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Google used reflected moonlight to create a massive portrait of Margaret in the Mojave Desert.—
Dean Robbins,
Space.com,
18 Oct. 2026 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were 3 minutes away from the historic moon landing when alarm bells started ringing.—
Digital Producer,
CBS News,
8 Oct. 2026 And the marking in 2019 of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing also brought attention, her daughter said.—ABC News,
8 Oct. 2026 Maye’s comments began to make the rounds on social media to the point where NASA saw what the discourse was this time regarding its moon landing.—
Scott Thompson Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for moon landing