Thesaurus results for MISSIONS

missions

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plural of mission

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a specific task with which a person or group is charged your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives

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Recent Examples of missions The booster launched Northrop Grumman's previous cargo flight, NG-23, NASA's Crew-11 astronaut flight, the Axiom Space Ax-4 astronaut flight and three Starlink missions, according to a SpaceX description. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026 The rocket itself was developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology specifically for commercial space missions. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026 Our moon still holds many mysteries The Apollo program revealed new insights into the moon’s origin and composition, while also revealing enduring mysteries — ones that could be solved using observations taken during Artemis II and subsequent missions. —

Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026 With the switch, the five years’ worth of orders under NSSF Phase 2 have ULA with 25 missions ordered to SpaceX’s 23 missions, for what was originally targeted to be a 60% to 40% order ration in favor of ULA. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 Instead of redesigning the heat shield — which NASA will do for future missions — the agency opted to bring the capsule in on a steeper trajectory intended to inflict less stress on the materials. —

Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026 Day 2 Astronauts test Orion’s life-support and other systems and demonstrate docking maneuvers needed on future missions. —

Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026 The State Department said the two countries exchanged notes to finalize an understanding that would stabilize diplomatic banking operations for each other's missions. —

Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025 Previous missions to Mars have given a tentative look into its history, but have not shown what the planet was actually like. —

Jonathan O’Callaghan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025

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The Tribune maintains editorial control over assignments and content.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The hearings will be the first in a while to be led — at least in part — by Pelosi, 86, who gave up her position in party leadership and does not currently hold any committee assignments.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026