Moon Shot (Noun)
Meaning
The launching of a spacecraft to the moon.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The Apollo 11 mission was a historic moon shot that successfully landed astronauts on the lunar surface in 1969.
- NASA's ambitious moon shot program aimed to return humans to the moon by 2024.
- The Soviet Union's Luna program was a series of successful moon shots that included several robotic missions to the lunar surface.
- The Apollo 13 moon shot was intended to be the third manned mission to land on the moon, but an explosion on board forced the astronauts to abort the landing.
- The Artemis program is a new moon shot initiative that aims to establish a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface by the 2020s.