moon landing
English
Noun
moon landing (plural moon landings)
- The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
- [1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 281:
- Throughout our discussions and searching inquiries one object figured ever more prominently—the moon. We learned that it was technologically possible to develop a program to reach the moon, and we came to realize that since the Russians did not then have the ability to reach the moon any more than we did, we had at least a fifty-fifty chance of beating them there. Moreover, a moon-landing goal would give a dramatic focus to a space program designed to develop our skills and capacities on a broad technological front.]
Translations
arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
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Further reading
- “moon landing”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “moon landing, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “moon landing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “moon landing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “moon landing” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
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